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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	27 021025 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Daphnia (Daphnia) galeata   G.O. Sars, 1863
Rank:	Species
Alternative Scientific Name:	Daphnia galeata    G.O. Sars, 1863

CAAB category: 27 - Crustacea - non-Malacostraca Copepods, ostracods, barnacles, and minor crustacean groups Family: 27 21 Daphniidae (water fleas) - show full list Common Name: [a water flea] Organism Type: a water flea Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Freshwater Parent Codes: 27 021902     Daphnia spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is a very common Holarctic species and not native to the Australian region. Its' presence in Australian inland waters is likely to be the result of an accidental introduction but it could have a major impact on native water flea species and ecosystems structures. See Karabanov et al, 2018.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:705e47c5-449c-4bda-bff4-2ac898cba7c4 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717575 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2018-08-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Karabanov, D.P., Bekker, E.I., Shiel, R.J., Kotov, A.A., 2018. Invasion of a Holarctic planktonic cladoceran Daphnia galeata Sars (Crustacea: Cladocera) in the Lower Lakes of South Australia., Zootaxa, Vol. 4402(1): 136-148. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.6 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.6
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.