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Pleuroxus trigonellus (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Water Flea
Family: Chydoridae

Introduction to the Cladocerans of BC

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Distribution of Pleuroxus trigonellus in British Columbia
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Introduction


Pleuroxus trigonellus is Holarctic in distribution (Smirnov 1996), with Chengalath (1980) reporting it from Newfoundland to Alberta. Chengalath (1987) listed the species as occurring in the Yukon Territory. In British Columbia, Carl (1940) reported it from Kawkawa Lake at Hope, and from Shumway and Trapp Lakes in the Nicola Valley. The species lives in vegetation (Smirnov 1974), in ponds, marshes, and the shallow zones of lakes (Chengalath 1980).

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View a key to the families of Cladocerans of British Columbia, prepared by the Resource Inventory Committee.

Status Information

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Species References

Carl, G.C. 1940. The Distribution of Some Cladocera and Free-Living Copepoda in British Columbia. Ecological Monographs 10(1): 55-110.

Chengalath, R. 1980. Survey of the littoral Cladocera of Canada. Report to the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Canada: 205pp.

Chengalath, R. 1987. Synopsis Speciorum. Crustacea: Branchiopoda. Bibliographica Invertabratorum Aquaticorum Canadensium 7. National Museum of Natural Sciences, National Museums of Canada, Ottawa: 119pp.

Smirnov, N.N. 1974. Fauna of the U.S.S.R. Crustacea. Vol. 1 No. 2. Chydoridae. Israel Program for Scientific Translation. Jerusalem: 644pp.

Smirnov, N.N. 1996. Cladocera: the Chydorinae and Sayciinae (Chydoridae) of the World. Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam: 197pp.

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