Daphnia galeata
Species of crustacean
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Daphnia galeata is a small species of planktonic crustaceans. It lives in freshwater environments across a large area of the Northern Hemisphere, mostly in lakes.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anomopoda |
| Family: | Daphniidae |
| Genus: | Daphnia |
| Subgenus: | Daphnia |
| Species: | D. galeata |
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D. galeata comprises two subspecies: D. g. galeata, found in the Old World, and D. g. mendotae, named after Lake Mendota near Madison, Wisconsin, in the New World. D. g. mendotae may be a homoploid hybrid taxon.[2] In the lower Great Lakes, the populations are mostly hybrids of the European and American subspecies.[3]
