Diaphanosoma dubium (Manuilova, 1964)

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-CF78-FE23FBF7F9E4
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Diaphanosoma dubium (Manuilova, 1964)
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Diaphanosoma dubium (Manuilova, 1964) View in CoL

Materials examined. Philippines: Luzon Is.: Manila: Veterans Memorial Medical Center lagoon (14.6571° N, 121.0380° E), coll. DRA Dela Cruz, GAA Viernes, JF Wong, ESP Dela Paz and ML Lopez, June 2016 ( UST- ZRC 0124A–D, 4 spec.). La Mesa Ecopark pond 1 (14.7113° N, 121.0756°E), coll. DRA Dela Cruz, GAA Viernes, JF Wong, ESP Dela Paz and ML Lopez, June 2016 ( UST-ZRC 0119A–C, 3 spec.). La Mesa Ecopark pond 2 (14.7117°N, 121.0759° E) coll. DRA Dela Cruz, GAA Viernes, JF Wong, ESP Dela Paz and ML Lopez, June 2016 ( UST-ZRC 0120A–F, 6 spec.). Pasig River (14.5604° N, 121.0659° E), coll. DRA Dela Cruz, GAA Viernes, JF Wong, ESP Dela Paz and ML Lopez, June 2016 ( UST-ZRC 0123A–D, 4 spec.). Navotas River (14.6436° N, 120.9607° E), coll. DRA Dela Cruz, GAA Viernes, JF Wong, ESP Dela Paz and ML Lopez, June 2016 ( UST-ZRC 0121A–B and 0125, 3 spec.). Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center lagoon (14.6507° N, 121.0432° E) coll. DRA Dela Cruz, GAA Viernes, JF Wong, ESP Dela Paz and ML Lopez, June 2016 ( UST- ZRC 0122A–B, 2 spec.).

Short description. The head is coned-shape protruding dorsally occupying almost ½ of the body. A prominent eye is present near at the ventral margin. The posteroventral bears ungrouped marginal spines and setules. The morphological characteristics concur with the descriptions and illustrations provided by Fernando (1992) and Pascual et al. (2014).

Ecological distribution. Diaphanosoma dubium is present in lakes, rivers, and pools. This fast-swimming cladoceran inhabits the pelagic area and can survive variety of water environmental conditions (i.e. trophic status and temperature) ( Rizo et al. 2017).