2007-12-10 05:40:51 · 3 answers · asked by Lazy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
I believe daphnia are this tiny water-dwelling organisms. They had little fins like wings. Thus they live in the water, typically beneath some kind of green water fauna.
2007-12-10 05:46:37 · answer #1 · answered by Jan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daphnia
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"daphnia"
Daphnia magna with eggs
Daphnia magna with eggs
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Cladocera
Family: Daphniidae
Genus: Daphnia
Müller, 1785
Species
* Subgenus Daphnia
D. ambigua
D. arenata
D. catawba
D. cheraphila
D. latispina
D. melanica
D. middendorffiana
D. minnehaha
D. neo-obtusa
D. obtusa
D. oregonensis
D. parvula
D. pileata
D. prolata
D. pulex
D. pulicaria
D. retrocurva
D. tanakai
D. tenebrosa
D. villosa
* Subgenus Hyalodaphnia
D. curvirostris
D. dentifera
D. dubia
D. galeata
D. hyalina
D. laevis
D. longiremis
D. mendotae
D. thorata
D. umbra
* Subgenus Ctenodaphnia
D. brooksi
D. ephemeralis
D. exilis
D. lumholtzi
D. magna
D. salina
D. similis
Daphnia are small, mostly 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 (although fleas are insects and thus only very distantly related). They live in various aquatic environments ranging from acidic swamps to freshwater lakes, ponds, streams and rivers.
2007-12-10 06:28:37 · answer #2 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daphnia is a water flea. Check out the link to the wiki page on them below:
2007-12-10 05:49:51 · answer #3 · answered by chick2lit 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋