Moinodaphnia macleayi (King, 1853)

Dela Paz, Erica Silk P., Lopez, Mark Louie D., David, Christian Irvin Harvey A., Dela Cruz, Dave Ryan A., Viernes, Gian Alfonso A., Wong, Jac Fritgerald & Papa, Rey Donne S., 2018, Freshwater microcrustaceans (Cladocera: Anomopoda and Ctenopoda, Copepoda: Cyclopoida and Calanoida) in the highly urbanized Metropolitan Manila area (Luzon, Philippines), Check List 14 (5), pp. 751-762 : 755

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.5.751
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/79082338-0969-2311-CCFD-FBE2FA90FE85
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Moinodaphnia macleayi (King, 1853)
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Moinodaphnia macleayi (King, 1853) View in CoL

Materials examined. Philippines: Luzon: Manila: creek in Muñoz (14.6574° N, 121.0157° E), coll. DRA Dela Cruz, GAA Viernes, JF Wong, ESP Dela Paz and ML Lopez, June 2016 ( UST-ZRC 0114A–D, 4 spec.). Marikina River (14.5967° N, 121.0830° E), coll. DRA Dela Cruz, GAA Viernes, JF Wong, ESP Dela Paz and ML Lopez, June 2016 ( UST-ZRC 0113A–C, 3 spec.). Pond in the UST Botanical Garden (14.6101° N, 120.9885° E), coll. DRA Dela Cruz, GAA Viernes, JF Wong, ESP Dela Paz and ML Lopez, June 2016 ( UST-ZRC 0117, 1 spec.). Pasig River (14.5946° N, 121.0125° E and 14.5959° N, 120.9771° E), coll. DRA Dela Cruz, GAA Viernes, JF Wong, ESP Dela Paz and ML Lopez, June 2016 ( UST-ZRC 0115A–H, 8 spec.). Veterans Memorial Medical Center (14.6571° N, 121.0380° E), coll. DRA Dela Cruz, GAA Viernes, JF Wong, ESP Dela Paz and ML Lopez, June 2016 ( UST-ZRC 0118A–C, 3 spec.). Tullahan River (14.6705° N, 120.9584° E), coll. DRA Dela Cruz, GAA Viernes, JF Wong, ESP Dela Paz and ML Lopez, June 2016 ( UST-ZRC 0116–0117, 2 spec.).Short description. The head and the body are separated by a groove. The head is small and slightly triangular in shape. The antennule has a long projecting hair with 9 sensory papillae present at the distal end. The denticles are present at the postero-ventral margin. The morphological characteristics concur with the descriptions and illustrations provided by Petersen and Carlos (1984), Fernando

(1992) and Dumont and Negrea (2002).

Ecological distribution. Moinodaphnia macleayi is present in lakes, dams, creek, ponds and pools. This swimming cladoceran is found in the pelagic area.