The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Cladocera

(Water Fleas)

DAPHNIIDAE

Daphnia pulex Leydig

 

 

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Synonyms: 

 

 

 
Distribution Citations

1928 Brooks

1956 Mitchell

1962 Murphy


1971 Becker & Sissom
1971 Whitt
1975 Longley
1979 Lind

 

1980 McCullough & Lee
1981 Childress et al.
1984 Venneman
1985 Cichra et al.
1987 Lacy

1992 Bayer et al.

2001 Franks Clyde Dickson

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

notes:

-planktonic (Becker & Sissom 1971; Cichra et al 1985; Lacy 1987; McCullough & Lee 1980)

-common in ponds and lakes (Brooks 1928)

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