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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	27 021027 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Daphnia (Daphnia) obtusa   Kurz, 1874
Rank:	Species
Alternative Scientific Name:	Daphnia obtusa    Kurz, 1874

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: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 27 021902     Daphnia spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is native to the northern Hemisphere but has been very widely reported. Australian records are regarded as accidental introductions although the species is now likely to established here.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:890552 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2020-05-26 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Benzie, J.A.H., 1996. Daphnia obtusa, Kurz, 1874 emend Scourfield, 1942 from Australia., Hydrobiologia, Vol. 333: 195-199.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.