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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Branchiopods (Branchiopoda) » Diplostraca » Water Fleas (Cladocera) » Anomopods (Anomopoda) » Daphniidae » Daphnia
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Water Fleas - Daphnia
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Luk

Water Fleas - Daphnia
Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
April 20, 2007
Size: Up to 2 mm
Daphnia sp. from a swamp. These are rather large, bug-like planktonic crustacea which *may* confuse some people. So here's a photo with the critters in different angles.
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 25 April, 2007 - 2:16pm
Last updated 17 November, 2009 - 10:24pm

Moved
Moved from Water Fleas.
… Eric Moody, 17 November, 2009 - 10:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bug-like Creatures Not Covered By BugGuide. We're now including all inland arthropods in the guide--and maybe all intertidal species (see discussion). Are you certain of the genus? And if you know something about these, perhaps you could comment on the other images?
… Charley Eiseman, 9 November, 2009 - 1:00am login or register to post comments

 
Cladocera
"Daphnia" was just an assumption ... I am unfamiliar with the Cladocera.
… Stephen Luk, 9 November, 2009 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

 
daphnia
definitely Daphnia, but could be multiple species in this photo
… Eric Moody, 17 November, 2009 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

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