Concept information
Preferred term
Daphnia pulex
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Common Water Flea
- Common Water Fleas
- Water Flea, Common
Scope note
- A freshwater water flea with distinctly stout middle pecten of the postabdominal claw and small symmetrical polygonal markings on the rostrum. D. pulex and several closely related species such as D. pulicaria belong to what is sometimes known as D. pulex complex and can hybridize. Daphnia pulex is found ubiquitously and is often the most common species in ephemeral pools and is a model system for various ecological, ecotoxicological and biomedical studies.
History note
- 2024
In other languages
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Finnish
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Daphnia pulex
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Swedish
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Daphnia pulicaria
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000096604
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