Alona quadrangularis

(O.F.Müller, 1776) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Branchiopoda/Diplostraca/Chydoridae/Alona

At a glance

Occurrence records1 019

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Alona quadrangularis's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility904 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System115 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS1 019 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Alona quadrangularis is een watervlooiensoort uit de familie Chydoridae. De wetenschappelijke naam werd gepubliceerd in 1776 door Otto Friedrich Müller.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Alona quadrangularis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Countries2

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 019 records

Wild obs. + sensor497

Museum / vouchered439

Cultivated / captive36

Other47

Origin

Native143

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 912 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit26

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 6 m · max 11.5 m · 26 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy95% within 1 km

≤100 m 315≤1 km 26≤10 km 18>10 km 1

360 georeferenced · 137 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor497

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 211≤1 km 131≤10 km 13>10 km 10

365 georeferenced · 74 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence439

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 36 records without

Open the mapnot free-living36

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 18 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Institute of Ecology of the Volga river basin of Russian Academy of Sciences \| IEVB RASlocation not on record	69
Brussels, BE	64
NTNU-VMlocation not on record	40
730location not on record	25
Victoria, CA	17
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	14
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	12
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)location not on record	9
Sydney, AU	4
Helsinki, FI	2
SNSDlocation not on record	2
University of Oslo (UiO)location not on record	2
Tapachula, MX	1
Research Collection of Anders Hobaeklocation not on record	1
Aristotle University of Thessalonikilocation not on record	1
Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record	1
IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1

18 institutions · 266 of 439 vouchered records shown · 107 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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Alona quadrangularis

At a glance

Sources6 archives

At a glance

Record type1 019 records

Origin

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions6 of 18 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type1 019 records