<I>Daphnia pulex</I> (IMAGE)

Marine Biological Laboratory

<I>Daphnia pulex</I>

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The freshwater zooplankton Daphnia pulex (water flea), a near-microscopic crustacean that lives in ponds and lakes, has a translucent body and a compound eye.

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Jan Michels, Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel

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