Daphnia Muller 1785 (branchiopod)
PaleoDB taxon number: 284820
Parent taxon: Branchiopoda according to C. von Heyden 1862
Sister taxa: Gilsonicaris, Limnadioidea, Phyllopoda, Sarsostraca
Subtaxa: Daphnia fossilis, Daphnia primaeva
Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore