Moina belli

Moina belli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Cladocera
Family: Moinidae
Genus: Moina
Species: M. belli
Binomial name
Moina belli
Gurney, 1904 [1]

Moina belli is a species of crustaceans within the family Moinidae, described by Robert Gurney in 1904. This species lives in waters containing high salinity and other impurities, such as the Makgadikgadi Pans region of Botswana, where the salinity is extremely high.[2]

References

  1. "Moina belli Gurney, 1904". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  2. C. Michael Hogan (2008). "Makgadikgadi". The Megalithic Portal.
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