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 *