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Preferred term

daphnia

Definition

Daphnia (genus) are small, planktonic crustaceans, between 0.2 and 5 mm in length. Daphnia are members of the order Cladocera, and are one of the several small aquatic crustaceans commonly called water fleas because of their saltatory swimming style.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Note

[source of definition ] Wikipedia" , "[controlled by ] Heikki Hamalainen" , "[comments ] should basically read Daphnia (starting with upper case D) as a name of a genus

Creator

nsb@ceh.ac.uk

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/03733596-c643-4c14-a7bc-3048591a3f2d

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Created 6/21/12, last modified 6/18/18

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