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Daphnia

genus of crustaceans
Taxon Taxon Q269354

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
taxon, model organism[2]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6][7][8]
Homonymous taxon
Daphnia[11]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology[9]
Parent taxon
Daphniidae[4]
Taxon author citation
O. F. Müller, 1785[10]
Taxon name
Daphnia[5]
Taxon rank
genus[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en Daphnia ar برغوث الماء cs hrotnatka da Dafnie de Daphnien fa دافنی fr Daphnia spp. fr Daphnie he דפניה it Daphnia spp. ja ミジンコ属 ko 물벼룩속 nl Daphnia spp. pl dafnia pl rozwielitka pt Dáfnia ru Daphnia ru Дафнии sv dafnier sv Daphnia
🔖 Identifiers · 51
OpenAlex ID
C2780187675
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Rodząca dafnia.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Daphnia
AGROVOC ID
c_10285
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
dafnijos
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Daphnia
BOLD Systems taxon ID
4582
BugGuide taxon ID
352881
Catalogue of Life ID
3ZT6
Dyntaxa ID
1009426
EPPO Code
1DAPHG
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
3TDg0Q
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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
401609
Encyclopedia of Life ID
46498262
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/Daphnia
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
daphnie-puce-d-eau
Fauna Europaea ID
237009
Fauna Europaea New ID
e8bfc3e0-3457-4d04-9f7b-98985feb9209
Fossilworks taxon ID
284820
Freebase ID
/m/0gz3l
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2234785
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
puca-daigua
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0204444
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
dafnier
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1941894
INaturalist taxon ID
87850
IRMNG ID
1331211
ITIS TSN
83873
Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID
102727
J9U entity ID
987007543242705171
MeSH descriptor ID
D003621
MeSH tree code
B01.050.500.131.365.150.200
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780187675
NBIC scientific name ID
123929
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0001593474
NCBI taxonomy ID
6668
NDL Authority ID
00695668
NE.se ID
dafnior
NL CR AUT ID
ph317217
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
144119
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
ec5f4973-019d-4085-8878-d2e4e4d3c21a
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
4080
Open Tree of Life ID
59084
Plazi ID
82637172-7771-A173-61B8-B0721927FE99, 82637172-7772-A172-61B8-B69618E6FD20
Topic's main category
Category:Daphnia
UMLS CUI
C0010979
Vikidia article ID
fr:Daphnie
Wellcome Collection concept ID
cuureztt
WoRMS-ID for taxa
148370
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
01997564-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/a5b5e1ec-6864-4ed6-a53b-5a724b9b063e

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 27
common water flea, Daphnia magna, Daphnia longispina, Daphnia cucullata, Daphnia galeata, Daphnia lumholtzi, Daphnia ambigua, Daphnia catawba +19 more
Instance of 2
taxon, model organism
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Parent taxon 1
Daphniidae
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Daphnia
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Daphnia
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Summary

Daphnia is a taxon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 3TDg0Q
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Topic's main category → Category:Daphnia
    Parent taxon → Daphniidae
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007543242705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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