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TAXONOMY OF CLADOCERA
Go to familia: BOSMINIDAE - CERCOPAGIDAE - CHYDORIDAE - DAPHNIIDAE - HOLOPEDIDAE - MACROTHRICIDAE - MOINIDAE - PODONIDAE - POLYPHEMIDAE - SIDIDAE To see images or description of group characteristics, click on the corresponding links
1.Infraordo Haplopoda 1.Familia Leptodoriidae Leptodora kindtii
2.Infraordo Eucladocera Characteristics
I. Suprafamilia Sidoidea (syn. Ctenopoda) Characteristics	II. Suprafamilia Chydoroidea (syn. Anomopoda) Characteristics	III. Suprafamilia Polyphemoidea (syn. Onychopoda) Characteristics
1.Familia Sididae Characteristics Diaphanosoma Latona Penilia Sida crystallina	1.Familia Macrothricidae Characteristics Iliocryptus Macrothrix Streblocerus Ophyoxus Acantholeberis	1.Familia Polyphemidae Characteristics Polyphemus pediculus
2.Familia Holopedidae Characteristics Holopedium	2.Familia Bosminidae Characteristics Bosmina longirostris top of page	2.Familia Podonidae Characteristics Podon Pleopis Evadne
	3.Familia Chydoridae Characteristics Eurycerus Camptocercus Alona Peracantha truncata Graptoleberis testudinaria Monospilus Chydorus sphaericus Dadaya Pseudochydorus Anchistropus top of page	3.Familia Cercopagidae Characteristics Bytotrephes longimanus
	4.Familia Moinidae Characteristics Moina top of page
	5.Familia Daphniidae Characteristics Daphnia pulex Daphnia cucullata Daphnia obtusa Daphnia longispina Ceriodaphnia reticulata Scapholeberis mucronata Simocephalus vetulus top of page
The taxonomy given hereeis according to HE Gruner: 19. Stamm Arthropoda. 1.Klasse Crustacea. In HE Gruner (ed.) Lehrbuch der speziellen Zoologie Vol.1/IV. 5th edition, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 1993.

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