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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	27 023031 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Leberis punctatus   (Daday, 1898)
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 punctata Leberis punctata 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 was described from Sri Lanka and is also known from India, Thailand, Madagascar and Africa. There are no valid records of this species from Australia, and any Australian records need to checked to determine their true identity.

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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.