Moina

The Moina are known to be found in various types of bodies of water in Eurasia where new found research indicates that there is an increased presence of biodiversity in regions of Northern Eurasia, Japan and China. According to genetic data, whole the genus Moina is divided into two big faunistic groups: European-Western Siberian and Eastern Siberian-Far Eastern, with a transitional zone at the Yenisey River basin (Eastern Siberia). There is an increase of new phylogroups found in Northern Eurasia, an increase of 4 new Moina species in Japan and an increase of five new lineages in China. In the water bodies of the world, at least 4 species of Moina are non-native species.

Species

Moina contains these species:

• Moina affinis Birge, 1893
• Moina australiensis G.O. Sars, 1896
• Moina baringoensis Jenkin, 1934
• Moina baylyi Forró, 1985
• Moina belli Gurney, 1904
• Moina brachiata (Jurine, 1820) (armed waterflea)
• Moina brachycephala Goulden, 1968
• Moina brevicaudata Вär, 1924
• Moina chankensis Uénо, 1939
• Moina diksamensis Van Damme & Dumont, 2008
• Moina dubia Guerne & Richard, 1892
• Moina dumonti Kotov et al., 2005
• Moina elliptica (Аrоrа, 1931)
• Moina ephemeralis Hudec, 1997
• Moina eugeniae Olivier, 1954
• Moina flexuosa G.O. Sars, 1896
• Moina geei Brehm, 1933
• Moina gouldeni Mirabdullaev, 1993
• Moina hartwigi Weltner, 1899
• Moina hutchinsoni Brehm, 1937
• Moina juanae Brehm, 1948
• Moina kazsabi Forró, 1988
• Moina lipini Smirnov, 1976
• Moina longicollis Jurine, 1820
• Moina macrocopa (Straus, 1820) (Japanese waterflea)
• Moina micrura Kurz, 1875
• Moina minuta Hansen, 1899
• Moina mongolica Daday, 1901
• Moina mukhamedievi Mirabdullaev, 1998
• Moina oryzae Hudec, 1987
• Moina pectinata Gauthier, 1954
• Moina propinqua G.O. Sars, 1885
• Moina reticulata (Daday, 1905)
• Moina rostrata McNair, 1980
• Moina ruttneri Brehm, 1938
• Moina salina Daday, 1888
• Moina tenuicornis G.O. Sars, 1896
• Moina weismanni Ishikawa, 1896
• Moina wierzejskii Richard, 1895