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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. |
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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/03733596-c643-4c14-a7bc-3048591a3f2d |
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2012-06-21 |
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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. |
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2018-06-18 |
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[source of definition ] Wikipedia" , "[controlled by ] Heikki Hamalainen" , "[comments ] should basically read Daphnia (starting with upper case D) as a name of a genus |
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daphnia |