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Global diversity of cladocerans (Cladocera; Crustacea) in freshwater

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Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 198))

Abstract

Cladocera is a primarily-freshwater monophyletic group, an important component of the microcrustacean zooplankton. They inhabit most types of continental fresh and saline water habitats, occurring more abundantly in both temporary and permanent stagnant waters. Cladocera is an ancient group of Palaeozoic origin. About 620 species are currently known, but we estimate that the real number of species is 2–4 times higher. A number of currently-recognised widespread species can be expected to harbour extensive cryptic diversity.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, 1088, Budapest, Hungary

    L. Forró

  2. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninsky prospect 33, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    N. M. Korovchinsky & A. A. Kotov

  3. Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, 12844, Prague 2, Czechia

    A. Petrusek

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  1. Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Freshwater Laboratory, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium

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  2. Antenne IRD, MNHN-DMPA, 43 rue Cuvier, Case Postale 26, Paris cedex 05, 75231, France

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  3. Freshwater Laboratory, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium

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Forró, L., Korovchinsky, N.M., Kotov, A.A., Petrusek, A. (2007). Global diversity of cladocerans (Cladocera; Crustacea) in freshwater. In: Balian, E.V., Lévêque, C., Segers, H., Martens, K. (eds) Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 198. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_19

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