Moina

Moina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Cladocera
Family: Moinidae
Genus: Moina
Baird, 1850 [1]
Type species
Moina brachiata (Jurine, 1820) [2]

Moina is a genus of crustaceans within the family Moinidae.[3] The genus was first described by W. Baird in 1850. They are referred to as water fleas but are smaller than their more well-known cousins: the larger daphnia magna and the medium-sized daphnia pulex.[4] This genus demonstrates the ability to survive in waters containing low oxygen levels as well as high salinity and other impurities, including salt pans, and commonly eutrophication.[5] An example of such an extreme habitat is the highly saline Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana, which supports the species Moina belli prolifically.[6]

Species

Moina contains the following species:[1]

  • Moina affinis Birge, 1893
  • Moina australiensis Sars, 1896
  • Moina belli Gurney, 1904
  • Moina brachiata (Jurine, 1820)
  • Moina brachycephala Goulden, 1968
  • Moina flexuosa Sars, 1897
  • Moina hartwigi Welter, 1898
  • Moina hutchinsoni Brehm, 1937
  • Moina macrocopa (Straus, 1820)
  • Moina micrura Kurz, 1874
  • Moina minuta Hansen, 1899
  • Moina mongolica Daday, 1901
  • Moina rectirostris (Leydig, 1860)
  • Moina reticulata (Daday, 1905)
  • Moina salina Daday, 1888
  • Moina tenuicornis Sars, 1896
  • Moina weismanni Ishikawa, 1897
  • Moina wierzejskii Richard, 1895

References