''Scapholeberis'' is a genus of small freshwater crustaceans in the family
Daphniidae
Daphniidae is a family of water fleas in the order Anomopoda.
Description
Members of the family Daphniidae differ from other, similar diplostracans, such as the Macrotrichidae and Moinidae, in that the antennae of females are short and immobile ...
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The genus was described in 1858 by Schoedler
and its members have a
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species
The genus includes the following species:
* ''
Scapholeberis armata''
Herrick, 1882
* ''
Scapholeberis duranguensis''
Quiroz-Vázquez & Elías-Gutiérrez, 2009
* ''
Scapholeberis erinaceus''
Daday, 1903
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Cladocera
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