Talk:Daphnia

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This article mentions the name "Daphnia", without explaining - is "Daphnia" a synonym of "Water flea", or just one type of water flea? If the former, let's create a redirection from "Daphnia" to "Water flea". If the latter, why mention the daphnia specifically, and why not define it when first used in this article? Nyh 13:03, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Daphnia is the name of the genus. Some species of Daphnia sufficiently well-known might be given the less "alien" name. Another example is Felis Leo being called a lion. Such names can be expected to be inaccurate from a taxonomical perspective. An antlion bears no significant relation to either animal, members of the genus Felis are often referred to as cats, but it's unusual to speak of a tiger as a cat. Nor is a wolf, Canis Lupus, frequently called a dog.

Still, I believe it would be perfectly alright to refer to any member of Daphnia as a "water flea".


I agree. You can call any member of the Daphnia genus a "water flea" but not all "water fleas" are Daphnias. So Daphnia is not a synonym for "Water Flea" and neither is "Water flea" a synonym for Daphnia.
Velela 20:06, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] wrong link

It seems to me "saltatory" should not be linked to "Saltation". Dan Gluck 21:20, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

No - it was the Saltation disambig page that was incomplete - now corrected. although I do agree that this is not the best way of linking this Mrs Trellis 08:28, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

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