Water flea

microthings · Post by **microthings** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:55 am

Found some water fleas, 1st is a Daphnia pulex.
But does someone know what species is on the 2 other pictures? Thx!
There is also a little video on my blog.

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:45 am

nice brightfield (:

second one could be a Scapholeberis mucronata, but I'm not an expert here.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:45 am

Nice set!

My favorite is #1.
I think #2 and #3 are Ceriodaphnia sp.

Rogelio

_Michal_ · Post by **_Michal_** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:11 am

Very nice set.

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:38 pm

First one is really good.

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:50 pm

Very nice

vasselle · Post by **vasselle** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:51 am

Hello
Très beau

microthings · Post by **microthings** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:54 pm

Thx all!!

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 2:30 pm

Really nice internal details in that first shot.

merrimoles · Post by **merrimoles** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 4:12 pm

Nice clear shots. The 1st photo actually looks more like Daphnia dentifera (if you're in N America, D.rosea in Eurasia). The tail spine is too long for D. pulex. I also can't see the large teeth in the middle pecten of the postabdominal claw if this were D. pulex - the resolution should be sufficient to just show this. I agree with Rogelio that the next two photos are Ceriodaphnia sp.