Bosmina

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Classis: Branchiopoda
Superordo: Cladocera
Ordo: Anomopoda

Familia: Bosminidae
Genus: Bosmina
Subgenera (5): B. (Bosmina) – B. (Eubosmina) – B. (Liederobosmina) – B. (Lunobosmina) – B. (Sinobosmina)
Overview of species (16+)

B. brehmi – B. chilensis – B. coregoni – B. fatalis – B. freyi – B. hagmanni – B. huaronensis – B. liederi – B. longirostris – B. macrostyla – B. meridionalis – B. oriens – B. striata – B. tanakai – B. tripurae – B. tubicen – ?B. arctica – ?B. atlantaensis – ?B. globosa – ?B. janoviensis – ?B. lamellatus – ?B. longinensis – ?B. longispina – ?B. macrorhyncha – ?B. maritima – ?B. minima – ?B. obtusirostris – ?B. rectirostris – ?B. sarsi – ?B. similis
Name

Bosmina Baird, 1845

Synonyms

Eunica Koch, 1841 [junior homonym]
Eubosmina Seligo, 1900
Garbinia Grochowski, 1910

Primary references

Baird, W. 1845: Arrangement of the British Entomostraca, with a List of Species, particularly noticing those which have as yet been discovered within the bounds of the Club. History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, 2 (13) 145-158. PDF

Additional references

Grochowski, M. 1910: O nowym rodzaju i nowym gatunku rodziny Sloniczki (Bosminidae) - Garbinia Ardiani nov.gen. et nov. spec., z l tab. i 2 ryc. w tekscie). [Sur un nouveau genre et une nouvell espèce de la famille Bosminidae.]. Kosmos Lwow, 35: 341–351. [not seen]
Koch, C.L. 1841: Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. Ein Beitrag zur Deutschen Fauna. Regensburg : Friedrich Pustet Vol. 35 [not seen]
Kotov, A.A.; Ishida, S.; Taylor, D.J. 2009: Revision of the genus Bosmina (Cladocera: Bosminidae), based on evidence from male morphological characters and molecular phylogenies. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 156(1): 1–51. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00475.x PDF
Lieder, U. 1983: Revision of the genus Bosmina Baird, 1845 (Crustacea, Cladocera). Internationale revue der gesamten hydrobiologie und hydrographie, 68(1): 121–139. DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19830680108
Taylor, D.J.; Ishikane, C.R.; Haney, R.A. 2002: The systematics of Holarctic bosminids and a revision that reconciles molecular and morphological evolution. Limnology and oceanography, 47(5): 1486–1495. DOI: 10.4319/lo.2002.47.5.1486 JSTOR
Webber, W.R. et al. 2010: [Chapter] EIGHT Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM CRUSTACEA shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. Pp. 98-232 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3

Links

ION search for Bosmina
ION search for Eubosmina
ION search for Eunica
ION search for Garbinia
Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Bosmina
Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Eubosmina
Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Eunica
Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Garbinia
Australian Faunal Directory
Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist (Bosmina)
Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist (Eubosmina)
WoRMS

Bosmina is a genus in the order Cladocera, the water fleas. Its members can be distinguished from those of Bosminopsis (the only other genus in the family Bosminidae) by the separation of the antennae; in Bosminopsis, the antennae are fused at their bases.[2]

Bosmina are filter feeders consuming algae and protozoans about 1–3 μm long. Bosmina are known to have a dual feeding mechanism. They can filter the water using their second and third legs and the first leg will grab the particles. The second and third legs have small setules attached to the seta to make a mesh-like structure for filtering.[3]

Some Bosmina species are non-native species, many of which pose a great threat to aquatic ecosystems.[4]
Species list

Bosmina affinis
Bosmina arctica
Bosmina berolinensis
Bosmina bohemica
Bosmina brevirostris
Bosmina cederstroemi
Bosmina chilensis
Bosmina coregoni
Bosmina crassicornis
Bosmina curvirostris
Bosmina diaphana
Bosmina fatalis
Bosmina freyi
Bosmina gibbera
Bosmina globosa
Bosmina hagmanni
Bosmina humilis
Bosmina insignis
Bosmina lacustris
Bosmina liederi
Bosmina lilljeborgi
Bosmina lilljeborgii
Bosmina longicornis
Bosmina longirostris
Bosmina meridionalis
Bosmina microps
Bosmina mixta
Bosmina obtusirostris
Bosmina procumbens
Bosmina stuhlmanni
Bosmina thersites

References

WoRMS (2010). "Bosmina Baird, 1845". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
Stanley L. Dodson, Carla E. Cáceres & D. Christopher Rogers (2009). "Cladocera and other Branchiopoda". In James H. Thorp (ed.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates (3rd ed.). Academic Press. pp. 773–828. ISBN 978-0-12-374855-3.
Agnes H. Bleiwas and Pamela M. Stokes (1985). "Collection of large and small food particles by Bosmina". Limnology and Oceanography. 30 (5): 1090–1092. Bibcode:1985LimOc..30.1090B. doi:10.4319/lo.1985.30.5.1090. JSTOR 2836592.

Kotov, Alexey A.; Karabanov, Dmitry P.; Van Damme, Kay (2022-09-09). "Non-Indigenous Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda): From a Few Notorious Cases to a Potential Global Faunal Mixing in Aquatic Ecosystems". Water. 14 (18): 2806. doi:10.3390/w14182806. ISSN 2073-4441.

Further reading
Alexey A. Kotov, Seiji Ishida & Derek J. Taylor (2009). "Revision of the genus Bosmina (Cladocera: Bosminidae), based on evidence from male morphological characters and molecular phylogenies" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 156 (1): 1–51. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00475.x.