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Dunhevedia crassa King, 1853
Water Flea
Family: Chydoridae

Introduction to the Cladocerans of BC

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Distribution of Dunhevedia crassa in British Columbia in British Columbia

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Introduction

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

Status Information

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Unlisted	Unlisted	Unlisted	Unlisted

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Synonyms and Alternate Names

Dunhevedia setigera

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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.

Retallack, J.T. and H.F. Clifford. 1980. Periodicity of Crustaceans in a Saline Prairie Stream of Alberta, Canada. The American Midland Naturalist 103: 123-132.

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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