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Checklist for Infraorder Cladoceromorpha O.F. Müller, 1785 (cladocerans)
and region Afrotropical (Ecozones)


Class
 
Branchiopoda
Latreille, 1817
Branchiopods, Brine shrimps, Daphnia, Phyllopods
8
54
150
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Phyllopoda
Preuss, 1951
8
53
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diplostraca
Gerstaecker, 1866
Clam shrimp, Clam Shrimps & Waterfleas, Water fleas
8
53
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Onychocaudata
Olesen & Richter, 2013
Clam shrimps, Water fleas
8
53
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cladoceromorpha
O.F. Müller, 1785
Cladocerans, Cyclestherians, Water fleas
8
53
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Afrotropical
8 Families width 148 Species and 12 Subspecies
Chydoridae Stebbing, 190270SpeciesTaxom
Bosminidae Sars, 1865Bosminid Waterfleas4SpeciesTaxom
Daphniidae Straus, 182027SpeciesTaxom
Sididae Baird, 18609SpeciesTaxom
Podonidae Mordukhai-Bo..., 19685SpeciesTaxom
Macrothricidae Norman & Brady, 186712SpeciesTaxom
Ilyocryptidae Smirnov, 19928SpeciesTaxom
Moinidae Goulden, 196813SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Afrotropical
53 Genera with 148 Species
#ABCDEGIKLMNOPST
Acroperus Baird, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Alona Baird, 201113SpeciesTaxom
Alonella G. O. Sars, 18504SpeciesTaxom
Bosmina Baird, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Bosminopsis Richard, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Bryospilus Frey, 19802SpeciesTaxom
Camptocercus Baird, 19712SpeciesTaxom
Ceriodaphnia Dana, 18205SpeciesTaxom
Chydorus Leach, 18987SpeciesTaxom
Coronatella Dybowski & G..., 18623SpeciesTaxom
Dadaya G. O. Sars, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Daphnia O. F. Mueller, 2010Water Flea14SpeciesTaxom
Diaphanosoma Fischer, 19056SpeciesTaxom
Disparalona Fryer, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Dumontiellus Smirnov, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Dunhevedia King, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Ephemeroporus Frey, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Eubosmina Seligo, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Euryalona G. O. Sars, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Eurycercus Baird, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Evadne Lovén, 18672SpeciesTaxom
Graptoleberis Sars, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Grimaldina Richard, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Guernella Richard, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Ilyocryptus Sars, 19138SpeciesTaxom
Karualona Dumont and S..., 20003SpeciesTaxom
Kurzia Dibowski & G..., 18983SpeciesTaxom
Lathonura Lilljeborg, 17851SpeciesTaxom
Latonopsis G. O. Sars, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Leberis Smirnov, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Leydigia Kurz, 19035SpeciesTaxom
Macrothrix Baird, 18868SpeciesTaxom
Megafenestra Dumont and P..., 18491SpeciesTaxom
Moina Baird, 189712SpeciesTaxom
Moinodaphnia Herrick, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Monospilus G. O. Sars, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Nicsmirnovius Chiambeng & ..., 20033SpeciesTaxom
Notoalona Rajapaksa an..., 18981SpeciesTaxom
Ovalona van Damme & ..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Oxyurella Dybowski and..., 18981SpeciesTaxom
Paralona Sramek-Husek..., 18621SpeciesTaxom
Penilia Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Picripleuroxus Frey, 19003SpeciesTaxom
Pleopis Dana, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Pleopsis Dana, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Pleuroxus Baird, 19224SpeciesTaxom
Pseudevadne Claus, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochydorus Fryer, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosida Herrick, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Scapholeberis Schoedler, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Simocephalus Schödler, 18415SpeciesTaxom
Streblocerus G. O. Sars, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Tretocephala Frey, 18951SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Afrotropical
148 Species and 12 Subspecies
Acroperus angustatus Sars, 1863Blue paloverde
Acroperus harpae Baird, 1834
Alona affinis Leydig, 1860
Alona cambouei Guerne & Ric..., 1893Water flea
Alona costata G.O. Sars, 1862
Alona guttata Sars, 1862
Alona hardingi Brehm, 1957
Alona intermedia G. O. Sars, 1862
Alona kolwezii van Damme & ..., 2008
Alona martensi Sinev, 2009
Alona monacantha Sars, 1901
Alona natalensis Sinev, 2008
Alona quadrangularis Müller, 1785
Alona simonei Dumont, 1981
Alona sphagnophila Van Damme & ..., 2011
Alonella clathratula Sars, 1896
Alonella excisa Fischer, 1854
Alonella exigua Lilljeborg, 1853
Alonella nana Baird, 1850
Bosmina (Bosmina) longirostris Müller, 1776
Bosmina (Liederobosmina) brehmi (Lieder, 1962)⇒ Eubosmina brehmi Lieder, 1962
Bosminopsis deitersi Richard, 1895Donner Lake lupine
Bryospilus africanus Chiambeng & ..., 1999
Bryospilus repens Frey, 1980
Camptocercus rectirostris Schödler, 1862Gum
Camptocercus uncinatus Smirnov, 1971
Ceriodaphnia cornuta G. O. Sars, 1885Water flea
Ceriodaphnia dubia Richard, 1895Donner Lake lupine
Ceriodaphnia laticaudata P.E. Müller, 1867
Ceriodaphnia quadrangula O.F. Müller, 1785
Ceriodaphnia reticulata (Jurine, 1820)⇒ Ceriodaphnia dubia Richard, 1895
Chydorus eurynotus eurynotus Sars, 1901
Chydorus kallipygos Brehm, 1934
Chydorus parvus Daday, 1898
Chydorus pubescens Sars, 1901
Chydorus sphaericus O.F. Müller, 1776Water flea
Chydorus tilhoi Rey & Saint-..., 1969
Chydorus ventricosus Daday, 1898
Coronatella anemae van Damme & ..., 2008
Coronatella holdeni Green, 1952
Coronatella rectangula rectangula Sars, 1862
Dadaya macrops Daday, 1898
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) bolivari Richard, 1888
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) dolichocephala Sars, 1895
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) magna Straus, 1820Spoonleaf treebine
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) similis Claus, 1876
Daphnia (Daphnia) laevis Birge, 1879
Daphnia (Daphnia) longispina O.F. Müller, 1776
Daphnia (Daphnia) lumholtzi G. O. Sars, 1885Spiny waterflea
Daphnia (Daphnia) obtusa Kurz, 1942Scentless plant bugs
Daphnia (Daphnia) pulex Leydig, 1860Common water flea
Daphnia (Daphnia) rosea G. O. Sars, 1862
Daphnia barbata Weltner, 1898
Daphnia carinata King, 1852
Daphnia gibba Methuen, 1910
Daphnia izpodvala Kotov & Taylor, 2010
Diaphanosoma excisum G.O. Sars, 1885
Diaphanosoma lacustris Korinek, 1981
Diaphanosoma mongolianum Ueno, 1938
Diaphanosoma sarsi Richar, 1894Red lupine
Diaphanosoma senegal senegal Gauthier, 1951
Diaphanosoma voltzi Stingelin, 1905
Disparalona hamata Birge, 1879
Dumontiellus africanus Smirnov, 2007
Dunhevedia crassa King, 1853Acmon Blue
Dunhevedia serrata Daday, 1898Juratzka's anthelia
Ephemeroporus barroisi Richard, 1894
Eubosmina (Neobosmina) brehmi Lieder, 1962
Euryalona orientalis Daday, 1898
Eurycercus (Eurycercus) lamellatus O.F. Müller, 1776
Evadne nordmanni Lovén, 1836
Evadne spinifera P.E.Müller, 1867
Graptoleberis testudinaria testudinaria Fischer, 1851
Grimaldina brazzai Richard, 1892Rock lupine
Guernella raphaelis Richard, 1892Rock lupine
Ilyocryptus africanus Kotov & Å ti..., 2005
Ilyocryptus cuneatus cuneatus Å tifter, 1988
Ilyocryptus martensi Kotov & Å ti..., 2005
Ilyocryptus sarsi Stingelin, 1913
Ilyocryptus silvaeducensis silvaeducensis Romijn, 1919
Ilyocryptus sordidus Liévin, 1848
Ilyocryptus spinifer Herrick, 1882Queen Charlotte Island false rue anemone
Ilyocryptus tuberculatus Brehm, 1913
Karualona alsafadi Dumont & Bra..., 1994
Karualona karua King, 1853Water flea
Karualona socotrana Dumont & Sil..., 2000
Kurzia brevilabris Rajapaksa & ..., 1986
Kurzia latissima Kurz, 1874
Kurzia longirostris Daday, 1898
Lathonura rectirostris Müller, 1785
Latonopsis australis Sars, 1888Water flea
Leberis diaphanus King, 1853
Leydigia ciliata Gauthier, 1939
Leydigia louisi louisi Jenkin, 1934
Leydigia macrodonta Sars, 1916
Leydigia microps Sars, 1916
Leydigia propinqua Sars, 1903
Macrothrix capensis Sars, 1916
Macrothrix gauthieri Smirnov, 1976
Macrothrix hirsuticornis Norman & Brady, 1867Gold-bordered Hairstreak
Macrothrix odiosa Gurney, 1916
Macrothrix pseudospinosa Smirnov, 1992
Macrothrix sarsi Kotov, 2007
Macrothrix spinosa King, 1853Water flea
Macrothrix triserialis Brady, 1886Water flea
Megafenestra aurita (Fischer, 1849
Moina belli Gurney, 1904
Moina brachiata Jurine, 1820Red-lined Scrub-Hairstreak
Moina diksamensis van Damme & ..., 2008
Moina dubia Guerne & Ric..., 1892
Moina hartwigi Welter, 1898
Moina macrocopa macrocopa Straus, 1820
Moina micrura micrura Kurz, 1875
Moina mongolica Daday, 1901Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak
Moina reticulata Daday, 1905
Moina rostrata McNair, 1980
Moina tenuicornis Sars, 1896
Moina weismanni Ishikawa, 1897Gypsum moonpod
Moinodaphnia macleayi King, 1853
Monospilus dispar Sars, 1862Creamy Stripe-streak
Nicsmirnovius camerounensis camerounensis Chiambeng & ..., 1999
Nicsmirnovius camerounensis dioscoridus Van Damme, C..., 1999
Nicsmirnovius greeni Van Damme, C..., 2003
Notoalona globulosa globulosa Daday, 1898
Ovalona meridionalis Sinev, 2006
Oxyurella singalensis Daday, 1898
Paralona pigra G.O. Sars, 1862
Penilia avirostris Dana, 1852
Picripleuroxus denticulatus Birge, 1879
Picripleuroxus laevis G. O. Sars, 1861
Picripleuroxus similis Vávra, 1900
Pleopis polyphemoides (Leuckart, 1859)⇒ Pleopsis polyphemoides Leuckart, 1859
Pleopsis polyphemoides Leuckart, 1859
Pleuroxus (Tylopleuroxus) aduncus Jurine, 1820
Pleuroxus carolinae Methuen, 1910
Pleuroxus toumodensis Brehm, 1934
Pleuroxus unispinus Henry, 1922
Pseudevadne tergestina Claus, 1877
Pseudochydorus globosus Baird, 1843
Pseudosida szalayi Daday, 1898
Scapholeberis kingi Sars, 1903Reflexed gyroweisia moss
Scapholeberis kingii (Sars, 1888)⇒ Scapholeberis kingi Sars, 1903
Simocephalus brehmi Gauthier, 1939
Simocephalus exspinosus Koch, 1841
Simocephalus heilongjiangensis Shi & Shi, 1994
Simocephalus mixtus Sars, 1903
Simocephalus serrulatus Koch, 1841Water flea
Streblocerus inexpectatus Dumont, 1981
Tretocephala colletti Sars, 1895

Subnodes of Cladoceromorpha with occurrences in Afrotropical
FamilyBosminidae
Sars, 1865
Bosminid Waterfleas
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChydoridae
Stebbing, 1902
29
70
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDaphniidae
Straus, 1820
5
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyIlyocryptidae
Smirnov, 1992
1
8
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMacrothricidae
Norman & Brady, 1867
5
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMoinidae
Goulden, 1968
2
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodonidae
Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, 1968
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySididae
Baird, 1860
4
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Cladoceromorpha at itis.gov