Moina
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| Moina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Cladocera |
| Family: | Moinidae |
| Genus: | Moina Baird, 1850 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Moina brachiata (Jurine, 1820) [2] |
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Moina is a genus of crustaceans within the family Moinidae.[3] The genus was first described by W. Baird in 1850. This genus demonstrates the ability to survive in waters containing high salinity and other impurities, including salt pans. An example of such an extreme habitat is the highly saline Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana, which supports the species Moina belli prolifically.[4]
[edit] Species
Moina contains the following species:[1]
- Moina affinis Birge, 1893
- Moina australiensis Sars, 1896
- Moina belli Gurney, 1904
- Moina brachiata (Jurine, 1820)
- Moina brachycephala Goulden, 1968
- Moina flexuosa Sars, 1897
- Moina hartwigi Welter, 1898
- Moina hutchinsoni Brehm, 1937
- Moina macrocopa (Straus, 1820)
- Moina micrura Kurz, 1874
- Moina minuta Hansen, 1899
- Moina mongolica Daday, 1901
- Moina rectirostris (Leydig, 1860)
- Moina reticulata (Daday, 1905)
- Moina salina Daday, 1888
- Moina tenuicornis Sars, 1896
- Moina weismanni Ishikawa, 1897
- Moina wierzejskii Richard, 1895
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Moina". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=84163.
- ^ "Moina". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. October 8, 2009. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Moina.
- ^ Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (1884). Annual Report: Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008). "Makgadikgadi". The Megalithic Portal. http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=22373&mode=&order=0.
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