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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	27 023030 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Leberis davidi   (Richard, 1897)
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 Synonyms: Alona davidi iheringi Leberis davidi iheringi Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Freshwater Parent Codes: 27 023917     Leberis spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is restricted to the tropical Americas, and there are no valid Australian records - any Australian records need to checked to determine their true identity.
Scientific Name Notes:	The name Alona davidi iheringi Richard, 1897 was erected for a South American record and was later synonymised with Alona davidi, and that species transferred to Leberis. It should not be confused with Alona iheringi Sars, 1901 (now Leberis iheringula), which is a distinct South American species. See Kotov & Sinev (2004) Arthropoda Selecta 13(3):95-98.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1303058 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-05-05 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:	Neretina, A.N., Sinev, A.Y., 2016. A revision of the genus Leberis Smirnov, 1989 (Cladocera: Chydoridae) in the Old World and Australia., Zootaxa, Vol. 4079(5): 501-533.