Moina brachiata (Jurine, 1820)
(a water flea)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMoina brachiata (a water flea)
GenusMoina (a genus of crustaceans)
FamilyMOINIDAE (a family of crustaceans)
OrderDIPLOSTRACA (water fleas)
SubclassPHYLLOPODA (apuses and water fleas)
ClassBRANCHIOPODA (branchiopods)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Smirnov, N.N. 1976 Macrothricidae and Moinidae of the World fauna Fauna SSSR, novaya seriya, Rakoobraznye, 1 (3), 237pp

Moina brachiata (a water flea) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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