E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Wildlife of British Columbia

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

Introduction to the Cladocerans of BC

Distribution of Pleuroxus trigonellus 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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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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