Daphnia galeata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Branchiopoda |
Order: | Anomopoda |
Family: | Daphniidae |
Genus: | Daphnia |
Subgenus: | Daphnia |
Species: | D. galeata
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Binomial name | |
Daphnia galeata
G. O. Sars, 1864
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Daphnia galeata is a small species of planktonic crustaceans. It lives in freshwater environments across a large area of the Northern Hemisphere, mostly in lakes.
D. galeata comprises two subspecies: D. g. galeata, found in the Old World, and D. g. mendotae, named after Lake Mendota near Madison, Wisconsin, in the New World. D. g. mendotae may be a homoploid hybrid taxon. [2] In the lower Great Lakes, the populations are mostly hybrids of the European and American subspecies. [3]