Chydorus

Chydorus is a genus of Chydoridae.[2]

Chydorus
Chydorus shpaericus, a common species of water-flea.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anomopoda
Family: Chydoridae
Genus: Chydorus
Leach, 1816
Synonyms[1]
  • Chilodorus Latreille, 1829

The genus was described in 1816 by William Elford Leach.[2]

It has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species include:[2]

  • Chydorus gibbus[3]
  • Chydorus globosus[3]
  • Chydorus latus[3]
  • Chydorus ovalis[3]
  • Chydorus piger[3]
  • Chydorus rylovi Mukhamediev, 1963[2]
  • Chydorus sinensis Frey, 1987[2]
  • Chydorus sphaericus (O.F. Müller, 1776)[3]

References
  1. "Chydorus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  2. "Chydorus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  3. Scourfield, D.J.; Harding, J.P. (1966). British Freshwater Cladocera. Freshwater Biological Association. ISBN 0 900386 01 0. ISSN 0367-1887.
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