Bosmina longirostris

Bosmina longirostris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Cladocera
Family: Bosminidae
Genus: Bosmina
Species: B. longirostris
Binomial name
Bosmina longirostris
(O. F. Müller, 1776) [1]

Bosmina longirostris is a species of water flea found in the Great Lakes and Central Europe. It is found in the plankton near the shoreline of lakes and ponds.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Bosmina longirostris (O. F. Müller, 1776)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=83938. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
  2. ^ Christoph Needon, Johannes Petermann, Peter Scheffel & Bernd Scheiba (1989) (in German). Naturführer: Pflanzen und Tiere. Leipzig: Urania-Verlag. ISBN 9783332002560. 

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