Fillopode with Egg

nematos · Post by **nematos** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:26 am

Fillopode - 100x

Close up of the Egg - 400x

In this picture, on the right side, are visible the striped muscles of fillopode

Davide

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:07 am

Never heard of a Fillopode but its a great capture!

nematos · Post by **nematos** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:26 am

Cyclops wrote:Never heard of a Fillopode but its a great capture!

Many thanks for the compliments, "Fillopode" is the scientific Italian name of "Water's flea"...I hope it can help, it is the translation of the common name...

Davide

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:47 am

I think the English spelling is "phyllopod". But still, I can't find any good general descriptions on quick search. The best I could find is only:

Any of various branchiopod crustaceans having swimming and respiratory appendages that resemble leaves. [ref]

--Rik

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:26 pm

nematos wrote:
Cyclops wrote:Never heard of a Fillopode but its a great capture!
Many thanks for the compliments, "Fillopode" is the scientific Italian name of "Water's flea"...I hope it can help, it is the translation of the common name...

Davide

Ah I know of Water Flea. We have common animal with that name-Daphnia!

bernhardinho · Post by **bernhardinho** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:52 am

Hi folks

can I sort this out:

Order Cladocera (=waterfleas)--subclass Phyllopda--subphylum Crustacea--kingdom Arthropoda

O.K.?

Now there are many many genus and species in the order Cladocera! I can't give an exact ID here, but it is certainly not a Daphnia, that's for sure!!

Cheers

Bernhard

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:32 am

bernhardinho wrote:Hi folks

can I sort this out:

Order Cladocera (=waterfleas)--subclass Phyllopda--subphylum Crustacea--kingdom Arthropoda

O.K.?

Now there are many many genus and species in the order Cladocera! I can't give an exact ID here, but it is certainly not a Daphnia, that's for sure!!

Cheers

Bernhard

Yes its an example of not relying on common names! They are distantly related though?

bernhardinho · Post by **bernhardinho** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:50 am

Yes its an example of not relying on common names! They are distantly related though?

Well, that is a missunderstanding or myself being unclear

Daphnia is more than a common name, it's a genus of the cladocerans. BUT it looks diferent in body shape, namely the rostrum and especially the antennae. http://images.google.de/images?hl=de&cl ... a=N&tab=wi

Davide shows some sort of Chydorus or Alona http://images.google.de/images?q=chydor ... =de&tab=wi

which is a water flea as well, but a diferent genus. And they are certainly related, that's what taxonomy is all about!!

Bye for now

bernhard