Moina

Moina is a genus of crustacean within the family Moinidae, which are part of the group referred to as water fleas; they are related to the larger-bodied Daphnia species such as Daphnia magna and Daphnia pulex, though not closely. This genus was first described by W. Baird in 1850. Moina demonstrates the ability to survive in habitats with adverse biological conditions, these being waters containing low oxygen levels and of a high salinity and other impurities; these habitats include salt pans but also eutrophic water bodies. An example of such an extreme habitat is the highly saline Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana, which support prolific numbers of Moina belli. The genus is also known from bodies of water across Eurasia, where research indicated previously unknown species diversity in Northern Eurasia, including Japan and China; the newly described groups includes a number of phylogroups were discovered from Northern Eurasia, four new Moina species from Japan, and five new lineages in China. According to genetic data, the genus Moina is divided into two genetic lineages: the European-Western Siberian and Eastern Siberian-Far Eastern, with a transitional zone at the Yenisei River basin of Eastern Siberia. At least four species of Moina are known to have been introduced to non-native waterways.

Moina is a genus of crustacean within the family Moinidae, which are part of the group referred to as water fleas; they are related to the larger-bodied Daphnia species such as Daphnia magna and Daphnia pulex, though not closely. This genus was first described by W. Baird in 1850. Moina demonstrates the ability to survive in habitats with adverse biological conditions, these being waters containing low oxygen levels and of a high salinity and other impurities; these habitats include salt pans but also eutrophic water bodies. An example of such an extreme habitat is the highly saline Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana, which support prolific numbers of Moina belli. The genus is also known from bodies of water across Eurasia, where research indicated previously unknown species diversity in Northern Eurasia, including Japan and China; the newly described groups includes a number of phylogroups were discovered from Northern Eurasia, four new Moina species from Japan, and five new lineages in China. According to genetic data, the genus Moina is divided into two genetic lineages: the European-Western Siberian and Eastern Siberian-Far Eastern, with a transitional zone at the Yenisei River basin of Eastern Siberia. At least four species of Moina are known to have been introduced to non-native waterways.

Species

Moina contains these species: Moina affinis Birge, 1893 Moina australiensis G.O. Sars, 1896 Moina baringoensis Jenkin, 1934 Moina baylyi Forró, 1985 Moina belli Gurney, 1904 Moina brachiata (Jurine, 1820) (armed waterflea) Moina brachycephala Goulden, 1968 Moina brevicaudata Вär, 1924 Moina chankensis Uénо, 1939 Moina diksamensis Van Damme & Dumont, 2008 Moina dubia Guerne & Richard, 1892 Moina dumonti Kotov et al., 2005 Moina elliptica (Аrоrа, 1931) Moina ephemeralis Hudec, 1997 Moina eugeniae Olivier, 1954 Moina flexuosa G.O. Sars, 1896 Moina geei Brehm, 1933 Moina gouldeni Mirabdullaev, 1993 Moina hartwigi Weltner, 1899 Moina hutchinsoni Brehm, 1937 Moina juanae Brehm, 1948 Moina kazsabi Forró, 1988 Moina lipini Smirnov, 1976 Moina longicollis Jurine, 1820 Moina macrocopa (Straus, 1820) (Japanese waterflea) Moina micrura Kurz, 1875 Moina minuta Hansen, 1899 Moina mongolica Daday, 1901 Moina mukhamedievi Mirabdullaev, 1998 Moina oryzae Hudec, 1987 Moina pectinata Gauthier, 1954 Moina propinqua G.O. Sars, 1885 Moina reticulata (Daday, 1905) Moina rostrata McNair, 1980 Moina ruttneri Brehm, 1938 Moina salina Daday, 1888 Moina tenuicornis G.O. Sars, 1896 Moina weismanni Ishikawa, 1896 Moina wierzejskii Richard, 1895

References

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