Moinidae

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Moinidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Cladocera
Suborder: Anomopoda
Family: Moinidae
Goulden, 1968

Moinidae is a crustacean family within the order Cladocera.[1] Species within this family are widely occurring including the continents of North America and Africa.[2] In newer classifications it is sometimes included in the family Daphniidae.[3]

Moina is one of two genera in the family.[4]

References

  1. Clyde E. Goulden (1968). The Systematics and Evolution of the Moinidae. American Philosophical Society. pp. 1–101. ISBN 9780871695864101 Check |isbn= value (help). 
  2. C. Michael Hogan (2008). "Makgadikgadi". In A. Burnham. The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved February 9, 2011. 
  3. Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 1–132. 
  4. L. Forró, N. M. Korovchinsky, A. A. Kotov & A. Petrusek (2008). Global diversity of cladocerans (Cladocera; Crustacea) in freshwater (PDF). In Estelle V. Balian, Christian Lévêque, Hendrik Segers & Koen Martens. "Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment". Hydrobiologia. Developments in Hydrobiology 198 595 (1): 177–184. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9013-5. ISBN 978-1-4020-8259-7.  doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_19


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