# List of Daphnia species

The genus Daphnia (Crustacea: Cladocera: Daphniidae) contains over 200 species of water fleas, many of which are in need of further taxonomic investigation (species inquirendae; marked with asterisks). The species are divided among three subgenera, with a number of species incertae sedis.

## Subgenus Australodaphnia Colbourne, Wilson & Hebert, 2006

* Daphnia occidentalis Benzie, 1986

## Subgenus Ctenodaphnia Dybowski & Grochowski, 1895

* Daphnia atkinsoni Baird, 1859
* Daphnia australis (Sergeev & Williams, 1985)
* Daphnia barbata Weltner, 1898
* Daphnia bolivari Richard, 1888
* Daphnia brooksi Dodson, 1985
* Daphnia carinata King, 1853
* Daphnia cephalata King, 1853
* Daphnia chevreuxi Richard, 1896
* Daphnia chilensis (Hann, 1986)
* Daphnia coronata Sars, 1916
* Daphnia dadayana Paggi, 1999
* Daphnia deserti Gauthier, 1937
* Daphnia dolichocephala Sars, 1895
* Daphnia ephemeralis (Schwartz & Hebert, 1985)
* Daphnia exilis Herrick, 1895
* Daphnia fusca Gurney, 1907
* Daphnia gelida (Brady, 1918)
* Daphnia gibba Methuen, 1910
* Daphnia gravis King, 1853*
* Daphnia hispanica Glagolev & Alonso, 1990
* Daphnia inca Kořínek & Villalobos, 2003
* Daphnia jollyi Petkovski, 1973
* Daphnia longicephala Hebert, 1977*
* Daphnia magna Straus, 1820
* Daphnia magniceps Herrick, 1884
* Daphnia mediterranea Alonso, 1985
* Daphnia menucoensis Paggi, 1996
* Daphnia nivalis Hebert, 1977
* Daphnia ornithocephala Birabén, 1953
* Daphnia paggii Kotov, Sinev & Berrios, 2010
* Daphnia projecta Hebert, 1977*
* Daphnia pusilla (Serventy, 1929)
* Daphnia quadrangula (Sergeev, 1990)
* Daphnia queenslandensis (Sergeev, 1990)
* Daphnia salina Hebert & Finston, 1993
* Daphnia semilumaris Flössner, 1987*
* Daphnia similis Claus, 1876
* Daphnia similoides Hudec, 1991
* Daphnia spinulata Birabén, 1917
* Daphnia studeri (Rühe, 1914)
* Daphnia thomsoni Sars, 1894*
* Daphnia tibetana (Sars, 1903)
* Daphnia triquetra Sars, 1903
* Daphnia truncata (Hebert & Wilson, 2000)
* Daphnia wankeltae Hebert, 1977
* Daphnia wardi (Hebert & Wilson, 2000)

## Subgenus Daphnia O. F. Müller, 1785

* Daphnia ambigua Scourfield, 1947
* Daphnia arcuata Forbes, 1893*
* Daphnia arenaria Forbes, 1893*
* Daphnia arenata Hebert, 1995
* Daphnia bairdii Forest, 1879*
* Daphnia catawba Coker, 1926
* Daphnia caudata Sars, 1863*
* Daphnia cavicervix Ekman, 1900
* Daphnia cheraphila Hebert & Finston, 1996
* Daphnia clathrata Forbes, 1893*
* Daphnia commutata Ekman, 1900
* Daphnia cristata Sars, 1862
* Daphnia cucullata Sars, 1862
* Daphnia curvirostris Eylmann, 1887
* Daphnia denticulata Birge, 1879*
* Daphnia dentifera Forbes, 1893
* Daphnia dubia Herrick, 1883
* Daphnia elongata Woltereck, 1932*
* Daphnia ezoensis Uéno, 1972*
* Daphnia frigidolimnetica Ekman, 1904*
* Daphnia galeata Sars, 1864
* Daphnia gessneri Herbst, 1967
* Daphnia gibbera Kortchagin, 1887*
* Daphnia hyalina Leydig, 1860
* Daphnia intexta Forbes, 1890*
* Daphnia lacustris Sars, 1862
* Daphnia laevis Birge, 1879
* Daphnia latipalpa Moniez, 1888*
* Daphnia latispina Kořínek & Hebert, 1996
* Daphnia litoralis Sars, 1890*
* Daphnia longiremis Sars, 1862
* Daphnia longispina (O. F. Müller, 1776)
* Daphnia lumholtzi Sars, 1885
* Daphnia macraocula Kiser, 1950*
* Daphnia marcahuasensis (Valdivia Villar & Burger, 1989)
* Daphnia melanica Hebert, 1995
* Daphnia mendotae Birge, 1918
* Daphnia middendorffiana Fischer, 1851
* Daphnia minnehaha Herrick, 1884
* Daphnia mitsukuri Ishikawa, 1896*
* Daphnia monacha (Brehm, 1912)*
* Daphnia morsei Ishikawa, 1895
* Daphnia nasuta Herrick, 1884*
* Daphnia neoobtusa Hebert, 1995
* Daphnia obtusa Kurz, 1874
* Daphnia oregonensis Kořínek & Hebert, 1996
* Daphnia parapulex Woltereck, 1932*
* Daphnia parvula Fordyce, 1901
* Daphnia peruviana Harding, 1955
* Daphnia pileata Hebert & Finston, 1996
* Daphnia prolata Hebert & Finston, 1996
* Daphnia propinqua Sars, 1895*
* Daphnia pulex Leydig, 1860
* Daphnia pulicaria Forbes, 1893
* Daphnia pulicarioides Burckhardt, 1899*
* Daphnia pulicoides Woltereck, 1932*
* Daphnia retrocurva Forbes, 1882
* Daphnia rosea Sars, 1862
* Daphnia schmackeri Poppe, 1890*
* Daphnia schoedleri Sars, 1862*
* Daphnia sinevi Kotov, Ishida & Taylor, 2006
* Daphnia sonkulensis Manujlova, 1964*
* Daphnia tanakai Ishida, Kotov & Taylor, 2006
* Daphnia thorata Forbes, 1893
* Daphnia titicacensis Birge, 1909*
* Daphnia turbinata Sars, 1903
* Daphnia typica Mackin, 1931*
* Daphnia umbra Taylor et al., 1996
* Daphnia ventrosa Kortchagin, 1887*
* Daphnia villosa Kořínek & Hebert, 1996
* Daphnia whitmani Ishikawa, 1896*
* Daphnia zschokkei Stingelin, 1894*

## Incertae sedis

* Daphnia abrupta Haldeman, 1842*
* Daphnia acuminirostris Lucas, 1896*
* Daphnia affinis Sars, 1863*
* Daphnia alluaudi Richard, 1896*
* Daphnia americana Fordyce, 1904*
* Daphnia angulata Say, 1818*
* Daphnia angulifera Forbes, 1893*
* Daphnia balchashensis Manujlova, 1948*
* Daphnia berolinensis (Schoedler, 1866)*
* Daphnia biwaensis Uéno, 1934*
* Daphnia bohemica Burckhardt, 1899*
* Daphnia brasiliensis Lubbock, 1854*
* Daphnia brevicauda Chambers, 1877*
* Daphnia cyclocephala Burckhardt, 1899*
* Daphnia decipiens Burckhardt, 1899*
* Daphnia degenerata Schmankewitsch, 1875*
* Daphnia dolichocantha (Dybowsky & Grochowski, 1895)*
* Daphnia dorsalis Rafinesque, 1817*
* Daphnia echinata Schmarda, 1854*
* Daphnia ephippiata Koch, 1841*
* Daphnia eurycephala (Daday, 1911)*
* Daphnia expansa Sars, 1914*
* Daphnia foreli Burckhardt, 1899*
* Daphnia friedeli Hartwig, 1897*
* Daphnia granaria Nicolet, 1849*
* Daphnia gravis Schödler, 1877*
* Daphnia hamata Brady, 1898*
* Daphnia heuscheri Burckhardt, 1899*
* Daphnia himalaya Manca, Martin, Peñalva-Arana & Benzie, 2006*
* Daphnia hodgsoni Sars, 1916*
* Daphnia honorata King, 1853*
* Daphnia hybus Ross, 1897*
* Daphnia insulana Moniez, 1889*
* Daphnia intermedia (Studer, 1878)*
* Daphnia izpodvala Kotov & Taylor, 2010
* Daphnia juvensis Burckhardt, 1899*
* Daphnia katrajensis Rane, Jafri & Rafiq, 1992*
* Daphnia kerusses Cox, 1883*
* Daphnia kingi Schödler, 1877*
* Daphnia kirimensis Weltner, 1898*
* Daphnia kisilkumensis Schödler, 1877*
* Daphnia lamellata Sars, 1914*
* Daphnia leucocephala Sars, 1903*
* Daphnia leydigi P. E. Müller, 1867*
* Daphnia longicornis Sars, 1890*
* Daphnia macrura Dana, 1852*
* Daphnia major Brady, 1898*
* Daphnia melanea Dufresne & Hebert, 1994*
* Daphnia minnesotensis Herrick, 1895*
* Daphnia mirabilis Stingelin, 1915*
* Daphnia neglecta Burckhardt, 1899*
* Daphnia newporti Baird, 1859*
* Daphnia notodonvarani Zacharias, 1905*
* Daphnia pacifica Taylor, Finston & Hebert, 1998*
* Daphnia palaearctica Behning, 1928*
* Daphnia procumbens Sars, 1890*
* Daphnia psittacea Baird, 1850*
* Daphnia pusilla (Sars, 1890)*
* Daphnia ramosa Koch, 1841*
* Daphnia reticulata Haldeman, 1843*
* Daphnia richardi Burckhardt, 1899*
* Daphnia rotundata Say, 1818*
* Daphnia rotundata Burckhardt, 1899*
* Daphnia rudis Schmankewitsch, 1875*
* Daphnia sarsi (Langhans, 1911)*
* Daphnia serrulata Daday, 1884*
* Daphnia silvestrii Daday, 1902*
* Daphnia sima Schödler, 1863*
* Daphnia simulans Sars, 1903*
* Daphnia spinosa Herrick, 1879*
* Daphnia stenocephala (Daday, 1911)*
* Daphnia tarasca Kraus, 1986*
* Daphnia tenuirostris Sars, 1890*
* Daphnia tenuispina Sars, 1916*
* Daphnia textilis Dana, 1852*
* Daphnia ulomskyi Behning, 1941*
* Daphnia variabilis Langhans, 1911*
* Daphnia ventricosa Hellich, 1877*
* Daphnia vernalis Sars, 1890*
* Daphnia wierzejskii Richard, 1896*
* Daphnia wierzejskii Lityński, 1913*