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Family
Chydoridae
Alona
costata |
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low density, littoral, benthic |
Alona
lepida |
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planktonic, ID uncertain |
Alona
rectangula |
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low density, littoral, benthic |
Wasserflohe |
Anchistropus
minor |
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Isle Royale, Georgian Bay, Green Bay, weed-associated |
Camptocercus
macrurus |
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near bottom in weedy areas |
Chydorus
faviformis |
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Nearshore and littoral, usually found clinging
to fliamentous algae. Epibenthic, with the majority of
the population moving up from the sediment only at night.
Usually more abundant in eutrophic areas. Length to 0.6mm. |
Chydorus
gibbus |
aka Chydorus rugulosus |
Nearshore and littoral, usually found clinging
to fliamentous algae. Epibenthic, with the majority of
the population moving up from the sediment only at night.
Usually more abundant in eutrophic areas. Length to 0.5mm. |
Chydorus
globosus |
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Nearshore and littoral, usually found clinging
to fliamentous algae. Epibenthic, with the majority of
the population moving up from the sediment only at night.
Usually more abundant in eutrophic areas. Length to 0.8mm |
Chydorus
latus |
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Nearshore and littoral, usually found clinging
to fliamentous algae. Epibenthic, with the majority of
the population moving up from the sediment only at night.
Usually more abundant in eutrophic areas. Length to 0.8mm |
Disparalona
acutirostris |
aka Alonella acutirostris |
<1 per cubic meter |
Disparalona
rostrata |
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recent (1980) and rare to Lake Michigan |
KLS |
Eurycercus
lamellatus |
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usually <18 per cubic meter, benthic,
most abundant at sediment-water interface moving into the
water column at night |
Pond Life: Cladocera (Water Fleas) |
Pleuroxus
aduncus |
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Cedar Bay |
Pleuroxus
hastatus |
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open water 1893 |
Pleuroxus
procurvus |
aka Pleuroxus procurvatus |
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Pleuroxus
striatus |
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4 nearshore locations |
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