Daphnia pulex Leydig, 1860    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Branchiopoda   >   Order Diplostraca   >   Family Daphniidae   >   Genus Daphnia   

Description:

Distinguished from a number of other species by its concave ventral head margin, "marginal denticles extending less than half the length of the postabdomen," and lack of a long tail spike (L. Biechele, pers. comm.)

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A Daphnia pulex collected in Wicomico Co., Maryland (4/13/2015). Photo by Lance Biechele. (MBP list)


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