Preferred Name

daphnia
Synonyms
Definitions

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.

ID

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

Obsolete

true

broader

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/1

created

2012-06-21

creator

nsb@ceh.ac.uk

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.

deprecated

true

inScheme

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/

modified

2018-06-18

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

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daphnia

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