Biology:Bosmina longirostris
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Short description: Species of small freshwater animal
| Bosmina longirostris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anomopoda |
| Family: | Bosminidae |
| Genus: | Bosmina |
| Species: | B. longirostris
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| Binomial name | |
| Bosmina longirostris (O. F. Müller, 1776) [1]
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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]
Morphotypes
Bosmina longirostris has multiple morphotypes. The most common morphotypes in freshwater are cornuta, pellucida, similis, and typica. The morphotypes refer to the size and curve of the antennules of the organism, as well as the size of the mucrones.[3]
References
- ↑ "Bosmina longirostris (O. F. Müller, 1776)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=83938. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
- ↑ Christoph Needon; Johannes Petermann; Peter Scheffel; Bernd Scheiba (1989) (in German). Naturführer: Pflanzen und Tiere. Leipzig: Urania-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-332-00256-0.
- ↑ Adamczuk, Małgorzata; Mieczan, Tomasz (13 July 2019). "Within-species phenotypic diversity enhances resistance to stress - A case study using the polymorphic species Bosmina longirostris" (in en). International Review of Hydrobiology 104 (5–6): 137–146. doi:10.1002/iroh.201901985. ISSN 1522-2632.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q309519 entry
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