Species

Daphnia pulex

[ Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | . . .
. . . | Anomopoda | Daphniidae | Daphnia ]

Courtesy of Paul Hebert

Taxonomy: Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Bilateria | Protostomia | Ecdysozoa | Panarthropoda | Arthropoda | Mandibulata | Pancrustacea | Crustacea | Branchiopoda | Phyllopoda | Diplostraca | Cladocera | Anomopoda | Daphniidae | Daphnia Common: water flea (German: Wasserfloh) Comment: The water flea Daphnia pulex is commonly found in shallow ponds. This small Crustacean, less than 3 mm in size, is barely visible with the naked eye. Water fleas are an important and environmentally sensitive member of the food chain in ponds and lakes; they feed on algae and are in turn food for other animals such as fish or other small animals including Hydra. Go to NCBI Taxonomy (6669) Encyclopedia of life Wikipedia Projects: BaNG Nematode and Neglected Genomics: CRUSTACEA DOE Joint Genome Institute: Daphnia Genome Sequencing National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI Insect Genomes Project wFleaBase: Daphnia Water Flea Genome Database Publications: Ye Z, Xu S, Spitze K et. al. (2017) A New Reference Genome Assembly for the Microcrustacean Daphnia pulex. G3 (Bethesda) 7, 1405-1416. 10.1534/g3.116.038638 Colbourne JK, Pfrender ME, Gilbert D et. al. (2011) The ecoresponsive genome of Daphnia pulex. Science 331, 555-561. 10.1126/science.1197761 Genome files DOE Joint Genome Institute Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Supercontigs v 1.0.0 2007-07-05 8.7 41.5 166.2 9080 - 469 - National Center for Biotechnology Information Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Contigs v 1.0.0 2011-02-02 8.7 40.8 158.6 18989 - 49 Contigs assembly 02 v 1.0.0 2016-07-01 - 40.5 143.0 1822 - 494 Supercontigs v 1.0.0 2011-02-02 8.7 40.8 158.6 5186 - 642