The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Cladocera

(Water Fleas)

DAPHNIIDAE

Daphnia parvula Fordyce

 

 

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Synonyms: Daphnia obtusa Kurtz
                                         (Brooks 1928; Hebert Schwartz Weider 1989)
                  Daphnia pulex obtusa
                                         (Sublette 1953, 1955)
 

 
Distribution Citations

1928 Brooks

1953 Sublette
1955 Sublette

1965 Reddell

1971 Becker & Sissom
1975 Longley
1976 Bird
1976 Hydroscience Inc.
1976 Rogers
1978 Swearington

 

1980 Crist
1980 Kines
1980 McCullough & Lee
1981 McCullough Taylor
         Jones
1982 Allard
1983 Campbell
1983 Slack & Marcy
1987 Campbell & Clark
1987 Lacy
1988 Howard
1989 Hebert Schwartz Weider

1990 Sollberger & Meador
1995 Work & Gophen

2002 Franks Clyde Dickson

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-planktonic (Becker & Sissom 1971; McCullough & Lee 1980; McCullough, Taylor & Jones 1981) or periphytic (Campbell 1983)

-often found in forest ponds with lots of leaf litter (Hebert, Schwartz & Weider 1989)

-collected in cave pool in Sutton county (Reddell 1965)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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