Taxonomy
The order Cladocera is included in the class Branchiopoda, and forms a monophyletic group, which is currently divided into four suborders. Around 620 species have been described, but many more species remain undescribed. The genus Daphnia alone contains around 150 species.
The following families are recognised:
Order Cladocera
- Suborder Ctenopoda
- Holopediidae
- Sididae
- Suborder Anomopoda
- Bosminidae
- Chydoridae
- Daphniidae
- Gondwanotrichidae
- Macrotrichidae
- Suborder Onychopoda
- Cercopagididae
- Podonidae
- Polyphemidae
- Suborder Haplopoda
- Leptodoridae
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