Alona is a genus of cladocerans in the family Chydoridae. It is one of the largest genera of Cladocera,[1] and is widely believed to be an artificial group which is in need of systematic revision; the type species is Alona quadrangularis.[2] Around 240 names at the species level have been described in Alona; it is unclear how many of these are valid, or how they are related.[3]
| Alona | |
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| Alona guttata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Subclass: | Phyllopoda |
| Superorder: | Diplostraca |
| Order: | Anomopoda |
| Family: | Chydoridae |
| Genus: | Alona W. Baird, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Alona quadrangularis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
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Species currently assigned to the genus Alona include:
- Alona hercegovinae Brancelj, 1990
- Alona quadrangularis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Alona sketi Brancelj, 1992
- Alona smirnovi Petkovsky & Flossner, 1972
See also
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References
edit- ^ Artem Y. Sinev (2009). "Notes on morphology and taxonomic status of some North American species of the genus Alona Baird, 1843 (Cladocera: Anomopoda: Chydoridae)" (PDF). Fundamental and Applied Limnology. 175 (1): 59–77. doi:10.1127/1863-9135/2009/0175-0059.
- ^ Kay Van Damme & Henri J. Dumont (2007). "The 'true' genus Alona Baird, 1843 (Crustacea: Cladocera: Anomopoda): position of the A. quadrangularis-group and description of a new species from the Democratic Republic of Congo" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1943: 1–25.
- ^ Kay Van Damme, Alexey A. Kotov & Henri J. Dumont (2010). "A checklist of names in Alona Baird 1843 (Crustacea: Cladocera: Chydoridae) and their current status: an analysis of the taxonomy of a lump genus" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2330: 1–63. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2330.1.1. ISBN 978-1-86977-456-1.
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