Moinidae is a

crustacean Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...

family within the order

Cladocera The Diplostraca or Cladocera, commonly known as water fleas, is a superorder (biology), superorder of small, mostly freshwater crustaceans, most of which feed on microscopic chunks of organic matter, though some forms are predatory. Over 1000 sp ...

. Species within this family are widely occurring, including North America and Africa. In newer classifications, it is sometimes included in the family Daphniidae. Some Moinidae have accidentally been introduced by humans to areas outside of their native range. Genetics study strongly supports division of Moina into two faunistic groups: European-Western Siberian and Eastern Siberian-Far Eastern, with a transitional zone at the Yenisey River basin (Eastern Siberia).

Genera

These two genera belong to the family Moinidae: * ''

Moina ''Moina'' is a genus of crustaceans within the family Moinidae. The genus was first described by William Baird (physician), W. Baird in 1850. They are referred to as water fleas, but are related to the much larger ''Daphnia magna'' and the large ...

'' Baird, 1850 * '' Moinodaphnia'' Herrick, 1887

References

Cladocera Crustacean families {{Branchiopoda-stub