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Checklist for Class Branchiopoda Latreille, 1817 (Branchiopods)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Branchiopoda
Latreille, 1817
Branchiopods, Brine shrimps, Daphnia, Phyllopods
9
21
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
9 Families width 29 Species
Chydoridae Stebbing, 190213SpeciesTaxom
Branchipodidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18401SpeciesTaxom
Daphniidae Straus, 18205SpeciesTaxom
Sididae Baird, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Triopsidae Keilhack, 1909Fairy shrimp2SpeciesTaxom
Leptestheriidae Daday, 19230SpeciesTaxom
Macrothricidae Norman & Brady, 18672SpeciesTaxom
Moinidae Goulden, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Streptocephalidae Daday, 1910Streptocephalid brine shrimp3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kenya
21 Genera with 29 Species
#ABCDKLMNPST
Acroperus Baird, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Alona Baird, 19014SpeciesTaxom
Alonella G. O. Sars, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Branchipodopsis G. O. Sars, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Ceriodaphnia Dana, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Chydorus Leach, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Daphnia O. F. Mueller, 1898Water Flea3SpeciesTaxom
Diaphanosoma Fischer, 02SpeciesTaxom
Dunhevedia King, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Karualona Dumont and S..., 18531SpeciesTaxom
Lepidurus Leach, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Leptestheria G. O. Sars, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Leptestheriella Daday, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Leydigia Kurz, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Macrothrix Baird, 18862SpeciesTaxom
Moina Baird, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Notoalona Rajapaksa an..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Pleuroxus Baird, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Simocephalus Schödler, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Streptocephalus Baird, 18773SpeciesTaxom
Triops Schrank, 18641SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
29 Species
Acroperus harpae Baird, 1834
Alona cambouei Guerne & Ric..., 1893Water flea
Alona davidi Richard, 1895
Alona karua (King, 1853)⇒ Karualona karua King, 1853
Alona verrucosa G. O. Sars, 1901Orcutt's gymnostomiella moss
Alonella excisa Fischer, 1854
Branchipodopsis wolfi Daday, 1910
Ceriodaphnia rigaudi Richard, 1894Donner Lake lupine
Chydorus parvus Daday, 1898
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) dolichocephala Sars, 1895
Daphnia (Daphnia) longispina O.F. Müller, 1776
Daphnia barbata Weltner, 1898
Diaphanosoma excisum G.O. Sars, 1885
Diaphanosoma turkanae
Dunhevedia crassa King, 1853Acmon Blue
Karualona karua King, 1853Water flea
Lepidurus arcticus Pallas, 1793Arctic tadpole shrimp
Leydigia australis Sars, 1885
Leydigia propinqua Sars, 1903
Macrothrix kenyensis Silva & Dumont, 2000
Macrothrix triserialis Brady, 1886Water flea
Moina dubia Guerne & Ric..., 1892
Notoalona pseudomacronyx
Pleuroxus (Tylopleuroxus) aduncus Jurine, 1820
Simocephalus vetuloides Sars, 1899
Streptocephalus dichotomius Baird, 1860
Streptocephalus macrourus Daday, 1908
Streptocephalus vitreus Brauer, 1877
Triops granarius Lucas, 1864Tadpole shrimp

Subnodes of Branchiopoda with occurrences in Kenya
SubclassPhyllopoda
Preuss, 1951
7
19
25
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubclassSarsostraca
Tasch, 1969
2
2
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Branchiopoda at artfakta.se
Branchiopoda at dyntaxa.se
Branchiopoda at gbif.org
Branchiopoda at gbif.org
Branchiopoda at itis.gov
Branchiopoda at marinespecies.org