Daphnia nivalis
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Daphnia nivalis is a species of water flea 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...

, closely related to Daphnia carinata. It is endemic to the Snowy Mountains
Snowy Mountains
The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", are the highest Australian mountain range and contain the Australian mainland's highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, which reaches 2,228 metres AHD, approximately 7310 feet....

 of eastern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, where it lives only in water bodies that have existed for less than 20,000 years, including Lake Cootapatamba
Lake Cootapatamba
Lake Cootapatamba is a post-glacial tarn in the Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia.Lake Cootapatamba is located about 800 metres south of the summit of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest peak in Australia. It is the highest altitude lake in Australia....

, Australia's highest lake. Due to its restricted range
Range (biology)
In biology, the range or distribution of a species is the geographical area within which that species can be found. Within that range, dispersion is variation in local density.The term is often qualified:...

, it is listed as a vulnerable species
Vulnerable species
On 30 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 9694 Vulnerable species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations.-References:...

 on the IUCN Red List
IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species...

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