Daphnia sinevi

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Daphnia sinevi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anomopoda
Family: Daphniidae
Genus: Daphnia
Subgenus: Daphnia
Species:
D. sinevi
Binomial name
Daphnia sinevi
Kotov et al., 2006

Daphnia sinevi is a species of water fleas from the Russian Far East.[1]

Description[]

Daphnia sinevi grows to a length of 1.73 millimetres (0.068 in).[1]

Distribution and taxonomy[]

Daphnia sinevi is only known from a single pool, 10 metres (33 ft) in diameter at Avangard, near Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai, Russia.[1] It was collected there in 2004 by A. Y. Sinev, and described in 2006 in the Journal of Plankton Research.[1] The holotype, along with an allotype and a series of paratypes are held at the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University.[1] The closest relatives of D. sinevi are other species in the species group around , especially .[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Alexey A. Kotov, Seiji Ishida & Derek J. Taylor (2006). "A new species in the Daphnia curvirostris (Crustacea: Cladocera) complex from the eastern Palearctic with molecular phylogenetic evidence for the independent origin of neckteeth" (PDF). Journal of Plankton Research. 28 (11): 1067–1079. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbl041.


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