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Tiny Aquatic Arthropod
Copyright © 2020 Mardon Erbland

Tiny Aquatic Arthropod
N47° 38' 9.94" W52° 42' 50.11" Middle Cove, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
May 23, 2020
Size: 1.5 mm body length
Found by dipping a small container of water from the littoral zone of Soldier's Brook Pond.

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 23 May, 2020 - 3:44pm
Last updated 23 May, 2020 - 7:21pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mardon Erbland, 23 May, 2020 - 7:21pm

Looks like a Water Flea of some sort
… John Rosenfeld, 23 May, 2020 - 4:34pm

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