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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	27 023019 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Chydorus sphaericus   (O.F. Müller, 1785)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 27 - Crustacea - non-Malacostraca Copepods, ostracods, barnacles, and minor crustacean groups Family: 27 23 Chydoridae (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 023910     Chydorus spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is native to northern Europe, and populations in Australian inland waters are most likely the result of accidental introductions, probably as the result of mass introductions of European fish species prior to 1940. See Sharma & Kotov, 2015.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:69716039-c33f-497e-8641-d4371c6878c8 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148406 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Smirnov, N.N., Timms, B.V., 1983. A revision of the Australian Cladocera (Crustacea)., Records of the Australian Museum Supplement, Vol. 1: 1-132.
Scientific Name verified against:	Sharma, P., Kotov, A.A., 2015. Establishment of Chydorus sphaericus (O.F. Müller, 1785) (Crustacea: Cladocera) in Australia: consequences of mass fish stocking from northern Europe?, Journal of Limnology, Vol. 74(2): 225-233. . 10.4081/jlimnol.2014.1037 doi:10.4081/jlimnol.2014.1037