tanakai was differentiated from two low-altitude species (Daphnia dentifera and Daphnia pulicaria) by its tolerance to low pH such as 4.5, which is equal to the mean pH of pools in the high mountain ...
Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA suggests that Japanese lineages of D. pulex are immigrants from North America, and are hybrids formed with Daphnia pulicaria prior to this immigration. Based on the ...