Species Ceriodaphnia quadrangula (O.F. Müller, 1785)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Daphnia quadrangula Muller, O.F. 1785. Entomostraea seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et inconibus illustravit. Lipsiae : Havniac pp. 1-135. [90].
• Ceriodaphnia hakea Smith, G.W. 1909. The fresh-water Crustacea of Tasmania, with remarks on their geographical distribution. Copepoda. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 11(2): 61-92 [80].
• Ceriodaphnia spinata Henry, M. 1919. On some Australian Cladocera. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52: 463-485 [466].
• Ceriodaphnia planifrons Smith, G.W. 1909. The fresh-water Crustacea of Tasmania, with remarks on their geographical distribution. Copepoda. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 11(2): 61-92 [81].

 

Generic Combinations

• Ceriodaphnia quadrangula (O.F. Müller, 1785). —
  Brehm, V. 1953. Contributions to the freshwater microfauna of Tasmania II Daphnidae, Bosminidae, Cytheridae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 87: 63-72 [65]

 

Introduction

In a conference poster presentation to the Joint Congress of ASL & NZLS, at Deakin University, Warrnambool, Vic, 1–5 December 2003, D. Berner presented findings from her studies on Australian Ceriodaphnia. From examination of collections from across the continent, she concluded that what has been recognised in Australia as C. quadrangula includes several distinct species. She recommended reinstating C. spinata and C. planifrons as distinct species, with C. hakea a junior synonym of the latter. She also concluded that the Holarctic species C. quadrangula should be excluded from Australia. Unfortunately these changes have never been formalised.

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
09-Aug-2012		09-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
18-Aug-2010		18-Aug-2010	MODIFIED
		14-May-2010	MODIFIED