Daphnia coronata
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Daphnia coronata is a species of crustacean
in the family Daphniidae
. It is endemic to South Africa
.
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
in the family Daphniidae
Daphniidae
Daphniidae is a family in the order Cladocera . Species within this family occur in several places within Africa including Lake Chad in northwest Africa and in the Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana...
. It is endemic to South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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