NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Daphniidae
  Infraorder - Anomopoda
  Suborder - Cladocera
  Order - Diplostraca
  Subclass - Phyllopoda
  Class - Branchiopoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Daphnia pulex
      Species - Daphnia longispina
      Species - Daphnia galeata
      Species - Daphnia retrocurva
      Species - Daphnia parvula
      Species - Daphnia carinata
      Species - Daphnia hyalina
      Species - Daphnia cucullata
      Species - Daphnia magna
      Species - Daphnia pulicaria
      Species - Daphnia catawba
      Species - Daphnia longiremis
      Species - Daphnia ambigua
      Species - Daphnia laevis
      Species - Daphnia middendorffiana
      Species - Daphnia rosea
      Species - Daphnia similis
      Species - Daphnia dubia
      Species - Daphnia carvicervix
      Species - Daphnia thorata
      Species - Daphnia psittacea
      Species - Daphnia arcuata
      Species - Daphnia brooksi
      Species - Daphnia exilis
      Species - Daphnia lumholtzi
      Species - Daphnia salina
      Species - Daphnia cheraphila
      Species - Daphnia latispina
      Species - Daphnia minnehaha
      Species - Daphnia obtusa
      Species - Daphnia oregonensis
      Species - Daphnia pileata
      Species - Daphnia prolata
      Species - Daphnia tenebrosa
      Species - Daphnia villosa
      Species - Daphnia schodleri
      Species - Daphnia curvirostris
      Species - Daphnia magniceps