Maryland Biodiversity Project - Bosmina longirostris

Bosmina longirostris (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Branchiopoda > Order Diplostraca > Family Bosminidae > Genus Bosmina Bosmina longirostris - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/17329

This algivore moves across the microscope field in a series of jumps. It has a very limited life-span of only 20 days. (L. Biechele, pers. comm.)

There is 1 record in the project database.

A Bosmina longirostris collected in Wicomico Co., Maryland (3/31/2015). Photographed at 100x magnification. Photo by Lance Biechele. (MBP list)

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