Bosmina longirostris (O.F.Müller, 1776) is a animal in the Bosminidae family, order Diplostraca, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Bosmina longirostris (O.F.Müller, 1776)

Bosmina longirostris (O.F.Müller, 1776)

Bosmina longirostris is a water flea species found in near-shore plankton of lakes and ponds in the Great Lakes and Central Europe.

Family
Genus
Bosmina
Order
Diplostraca
Class
Branchiopoda

About Bosmina longirostris (O.F.Müller, 1776)

Bosmina longirostris, with the scientific name Bosmina longirostris (O.F.Müller, 1776), is a species of water flea. This species occurs in the Great Lakes and Central Europe, where it lives as plankton in the water near the shorelines of lakes and ponds.

Photo: (c) Sarka Martinez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Sarka Martinez · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Branchiopoda Diplostraca Bosminidae Bosmina

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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