Daphnia barbata is a species of water flea within the family Daphniidae. It occurs in several places within Africa including Lake Chad in northwest Africa[1] and in the Makgadikgadi Pan in Botswana.[2]

Daphnia barbata
Daphnia barbata Weltner, 1898
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Superorder: Diplostraca
Order: Anomopoda
Family: Daphniidae
Genus: Daphnia
Species:
D. barbata
Binomial name
Daphnia barbata
Weltner, 1898

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References edit

  1. ^ Jean-Pierre Carmouze, Jean René Durand & C. Lévêque (1983). Lake Chad: Ecology and Productivity of a Shallow Tropical Ecosystem. W. Junk. ISBN 978-90-6193-106-5.
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008). A. Burnham (ed.). "Makgadikgadi". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved December 18, 2008.