Holopedium

Holopedium
Holopedium gibberum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Branchiopoda
Order:	Ctenopoda
Family:	Holopediidae Sars, 1865
Genus:	Holopedium Zaddach, 1855

Holopedium is the sole genus of water fleas in the family Holopediidae. There are about seven described species in Holopedium.[1][2][3]

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Holopedium:

• Holopedium acidophilum Rowe, Adamowicz & Hebert, 2007
• Holopedium amazonicum Stingelin, 1904
• Holopedium atlanticum Rowe, Adamowicz & Hebert, 2007
• Holopedium gibberum Zaddach, 1855
• Holopedium glacialis Rowe, Adamowicz & Hebert, 2007
• Holopedium groenlandicum Korovchinsky, 2005
• Holopedium ramasarmii Rao, Naidu & Padmaja, 1998

References

1. "Holopedium Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
2. "Holopedium". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
3. "Holopedium genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-06-14.

Further reading

• Korovchinsky, N. M. (1992). Sididae and Holopediidae (Crustacea: Daphniiformes). Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. Vol. 3. SPB Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-90-5103-074-7. ISSN 0928-2440.