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Checklist for Family Daphniidae Straus, 1820
and region Continents


Class
 		Branchiopoda
Latreille, 1817
Branchiopods, Brine shrimps, Daphnia, Phyllopods		42
237
1815		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Phyllopoda
Preuss, 1951
31
179
1352		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Diplostraca
Gerstaecker, 1866
Clam shrimp, Clam Shrimps & Waterfleas, Water fleas		30
173
1314		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Onychocaudata
Olesen & Richter, 2013
Clam shrimps, Water fleas		13
120
893		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Cladoceromorpha
O.F. Müller, 1785
Cladocerans, Cyclestherians, Water fleas		13
120
893		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
FamilyDaphniidae
Straus, 1820
9
178		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


Genera for Continents
9 Genera with 178 Species
Ceriodaphnia Dana, 200128SpeciesTaxom
Ctenodaphnia Dybowski & G..., 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Daphnia O. F. Mueller, 2000Water Flea124SpeciesTaxom
Daphniopsis G. O. Sars, 19035SpeciesTaxom
Hyalodaphnia Schödler, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Megafenestra Dumont and P..., 18792SpeciesTaxom
Scapholeberis Schoedler, 184914SpeciesTaxom
Simocephalus Schödler, 198327SpeciesTaxom
Simosa Norman, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Continents
178 Species and 19 Subspecies
Ceriodaphnia acanthina L. S. Ross, 1897
Ceriodaphnia affinis (Lilljeborg, 1900)⇒ Ceriodaphnia dubia Richard, 1895
Ceriodaphnia bicuspidata Weltner, 1897
Ceriodaphnia cornuta G. O. Sars, 1885Water flea
Ceriodaphnia dubia Richard, 1895Donner Lake lupine
Ceriodaphnia hamata Sars, 1890
Ceriodaphnia lacustris Birge, 1893
Ceriodaphnia laticaudata P.E. Müller, 1867
Ceriodaphnia megalops (Sars, 1862)⇒ Ceriodaphnia megops G. O. Sars, 1861
Ceriodaphnia megops G. O. Sars, 1861
Ceriodaphnia minor Sars, 1916
Ceriodaphnia producta Sars, 1916
Ceriodaphnia pulchella Sars, 1862
Ceriodaphnia punctata P.E.Müller, 1867
Ceriodaphnia quadrangula O.F. Müller, 1785
Ceriodaphnia quadrangula hamata G.O. Sars, 1890
Ceriodaphnia reticulata (Jurine, 1820)⇒ Ceriodaphnia dubia Richard, 1895
Ceriodaphnia reticulata dubia (Richard, 1894)⇒ Ceriodaphnia dubia Richard, 1895
Ceriodaphnia reticulata kurzii Stingelin, 1895
Ceriodaphnia reticulata serrata Stingelin, 1895
Ceriodaphnia rigaudi Richard, 1894Donner Lake lupine
Ceriodaphnia rotunda Sars, 1862Jerusalem thorn
Ceriodaphnia scitula Herrick, 1884Leather-root
Ceriodaphnia setosa Matile, 1890
Ceriodaphnia silvestrii Daday, 1902
Ceriodaphnia spinata (Henry, 1919)⇒ Ceriodaphnia quadrangula O.F. Müller, 1785
Ceriodaphnia sublaevis Sars, 1894
Ceriodaphnia turkestanica Berner & Rak..., 2001
Daphnia (Australodaphnia) occidentalis Benzie, 1986Water Flea
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) atkinsoni Baird, 1859Band-celled Sister
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) bolivari Richard, 1888
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) chevreuxi Richard, 1896
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) dolichocephala Sars, 1895
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) hispanica Glagolev & ..., 1990
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) magna Straus, 1820Spoonleaf treebine
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) mediterranea Alonso, 1985
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) similis Claus, 1876
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) ulomskyi Behning, 1941
Daphnia (Daphnia) ambigua Scourfield, 1947
Daphnia (Daphnia) arcuata Forbes, 1893
Daphnia (Daphnia) catawba Coker, 1926
Daphnia (Daphnia) caudata Sars, 1863
Daphnia (Daphnia) cheraphila Hebert & Fin..., 1996
Daphnia (Daphnia) cristata G.O. Sars, 1862
Daphnia cristata cristata G.O.Sars, 1862
Daphnia (Daphnia) cucullata G.O. Sars, 1862
Daphnia cucullata cucullata G.O.Sars, 1862
Daphnia (Daphnia) curvirostris Eylman, 1887
Daphnia (Daphnia) dentifera Forbes, 1893
Daphnia (Daphnia) dubia Herrick, 1883Siskiyou false rue anemone
Daphnia (Daphnia) galeata Sars, 1863
Daphnia galeata galeata G. O. Sars, 1864Waterflea
Daphnia galeata mendotae Birge, 1918
Daphnia galeata typica
Daphnia (Daphnia) gessneri Herbst, 1967
Daphnia (Daphnia) hrbaceki Juračka, Ko..., 2010Hrbáček’s Water Flea
Daphnia (Daphnia) hyalina Leydig, 1860
Daphnia (Daphnia) intexta Forbes, 1890
Daphnia (Daphnia) lacustris Sars, 1862
Daphnia (Daphnia) laevis Birge, 1879
Daphnia (Daphnia) latispina Korinek & He..., 1996
Daphnia (Daphnia) longiremis G. O. Sars, 1861Arctic Waterflea
Daphnia (Daphnia) longispina O.F. Müller, 1776
Daphnia longispina frigidolimnetica Ekman, 1904
Daphnia longispina littoralis
Daphnia longispina longispina
Daphnia longispina rectifrons Stingelin, 1895
Daphnia longispina rosea
Daphnia (Daphnia) lumholtzi G. O. Sars, 1885Spiny waterflea
Daphnia (Daphnia) mendotae Birge, 1918
Daphnia (Daphnia) middendorffiana Fischer, 1851
Daphnia (Daphnia) minnehaha Herrick, 1884
Daphnia (Daphnia) obtusa Kurz, 1942Scentless plant bugs
Daphnia (Daphnia) oregonensis Korinek & He..., 1996
Daphnia (Daphnia) parvula Fordyce, 1901
Daphnia (Daphnia) pileata Hebert & Fin..., 1996
Daphnia (Daphnia) prolata Hebert & Fin..., 1996
Daphnia (Daphnia) propinqua Sars, 1895
Daphnia (Daphnia) pulex Leydig, 1860Common water flea
Daphnia pulex pulex
Daphnia (Daphnia) pulicaria Forbes, 1893
Daphnia (Daphnia) retrocurva Forbes, 1882
Daphnia (Daphnia) rosea G. O. Sars, 1862
Daphnia (Daphnia) schoedleri (Sars, 1862)⇒ Daphnia schodleri G. O. Sars, 1862
Daphnia (Daphnia) sinevi Kotov & al., 2006
Daphnia (Daphnia) tanakai Ishida, Koto..., 2006
Daphnia (Daphnia) tenebrosa (G. O. Sars, 1898)⇒ Daphnia middendorffiana Fischer, 1851
Daphnia (Daphnia) thorata Forbes, 1893
Daphnia (Daphnia) turbinata Sars, 1903
Daphnia (Daphnia) umbra Taylor & al., 1996
Daphnia (Daphnia) villosa Korinek & He..., 1996
Daphnia (Daphnia) zschokkei Stingelin, 1894
Daphnia alpina Daday, 1888
Daphnia angulata Hebert, 1977
Daphnia australis Sergeev & Wi..., 1985
Daphnia barbata Weltner, 1898
Daphnia berolinensis Schoedler, 1866
Daphnia brooksi Dodson, 1985
Daphnia carinata King, 1852
Daphnia cephalata King, 1853
Daphnia chilensis Hann, 1986
Daphnia coronata Sars, 1916
Daphnia dadayana Paggi, 1999
Daphnia ephemeralis Schwartz & H..., 1985
Daphnia exilis Herrick, 1895
Daphnia fossilis ♰ C. von Heyden, 1862
Daphnia friedeli Hartwig, 1897
Daphnia fusca Gurney, 1907
Daphnia gelida Brady, 1918
Daphnia gibba Methuen, 1910
Daphnia hodgsoni Sars, 1916
Daphnia inopinata
Daphnia insulana Moniez, 1889
Daphnia izpodvala Kotov & Taylor, 2010
Daphnia jardinii Baird, 1857
Daphnia jollyi Petkovski, 1973Water Flea
Daphnia lamellata Sars, 1914
Daphnia lateralis
Daphnia longicephala Hebert, 1977
Daphnia magniceps Herrick, 1884
Daphnia menucoensis Paggi, 1996
Daphnia mixta Sars, 1890
Daphnia nivalis Hebert, 1977Water Flea
Daphnia oxycephala Sars, 1890
Daphnia pamirensis Rylow, 1928
Daphnia pellucida P.E.Müller, 1867
Daphnia projecta Hebert, 1977
Daphnia psittacea Baird, 1850
Daphnia pusilla Serventy, 1929
Daphnia quadrangula (O. F. Muller, 1785)⇒ Ceriodaphnia quadrangula O.F. Müller, 1785
Daphnia quadrangulus Sergeev, 1990
Daphnia queenslandensis Sergeev, 1990
Daphnia rectispina Krøyer, 1838
Daphnia reticulata Haldeman, 1843
Daphnia salina Hebert & Fin..., 1993
Daphnia schaefferi Baird, 1850
Daphnia schodleri G. O. Sars, 1862
Daphnia similoides Hudec, 1991
Daphnia sinensis Gu, Xu, Li, ..., 2013
Daphnia spinulata Birabén, 1917
Daphnia studeri Rühe, 1914
Daphnia tenuispina Sars, 1916
Daphnia tewaipounamu
Daphnia thomsoni Sars, 1894
Daphnia tibetana Sars, 1903
Daphnia triquetra Sars, 1903
Daphnia truncata Hebert & Wilson, 2000
Daphnia wankeltae Hebert, 1977
Daphnia wardi Hebert & Wilson, 2000
Daphniopsis pusilla (Serventy, 1929)⇒ Daphnia pusilla Serventy, 1929
Daphniopsis quadrangulus (Sergeev, 1990)⇒ Daphnia quadrangulus Sergeev, 1990
Daphniopsis queenslandensis (Sergeev, 1990)⇒ Daphnia queenslandensis Sergeev, 1990
Daphniopsis studeri Ruhe, 1914
Daphniopsis tibetana G.O.Sars, 1903
Megafenestra aurita (Fischer, 1849
Megafenestra nasuta Birge, 1879
Scapholeberis armata Herrick & Tu..., 1895
Scapholeberis armata freyi Dumont & Pen..., 1983
Scapholeberis aurita Fischer, 1849
Scapholeberis cornuta Schödler, 1858
Scapholeberis duranguensis Quiroz-Vázqu..., 2009
Scapholeberis echinulata (G. O. Sars, 1903)⇒ Scapholeberis erinaceus Daday, 1903
Scapholeberis erinaceus Daday, 1903
Scapholeberis kingi Sars, 1903Reflexed gyroweisia moss
Scapholeberis kingii (Sars, 1888)⇒ Scapholeberis kingi Sars, 1903
Scapholeberis microcephala Sars, 1890
Scapholeberis mucronata O.F. Müller, 1776
Scapholeberis obtusa Schödler, 1858
Scapholeberis rammneri Dumont & Pen..., 1983
Scapholeberis spinifera Nicolet, 1849
Simocephalus (Aquipiculus) latirostris Stingelin, 1906
Simocephalus (Aquipiculus) lusaticus Herr, 1917
Simocephalus (Crownocephalus) acutirostratus King, 1853
Simocephalus brehmi Gauthier, 1939
Simocephalus capensis Sars, 1895
Simocephalus congener Schoedler, 1858
Simocephalus daphnoides Herrick, 1883
Simocephalus elizabethae King, 1853
Simocephalus expinosus
Simocephalus exspinosus Koch, 1841
Simocephalus exspinosus congener De Geer, 1778
Simocephalus exspinosus exspinosus
Simocephalus gibbosus Sars, 1896
Simocephalus heilongjiangensis Shi & Shi, 1994
Simocephalus iheringi Richard, 1897
Simocephalus mirabilis Orlova-Bienk..., 1998
Simocephalus mixtus Sars, 1903
Simocephalus obtusatus Thomson, 1894
Simocephalus punctatus Orlova-Bienk..., 1998
Simocephalus semiserratus Sars, 1901
Simocephalus serratulus (Koch, 1841)⇒ Simocephalus serrulatus Koch, 1841
Simocephalus serrulatus Koch, 1841Water flea
Simocephalus vetula O.F. Müller, 1776
Simocephalus vetuloides Sars, 1899
Simocephalus vetulus Müller, 1776
Simocephalus vetulus gibbosus
Simocephalus victoriensis Dumont, 1983


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