Daphnia obtusa Kurz, 1875, (a water flea)

7 Mar 1999 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Daphnia obtusa is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Record Summary	in shady pool
Found as
Date	7 March 1999
Habitat feature	shady pool
OS grid ref	OSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon	51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice County	Berks, VC no: 22
Country	England

Notes: Two individuals photographed. Protozoan Cothurnia present as epizooite.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

Scourfield, D.J. & Harding, J.P., 1966. A Key to the British Species of Freshwater Cladocera. FBA Scientific Publication, No. 5, 55pp, Freshwater Biological Association

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Daphnia obtusa Kurz, 1875, (a water flea)

7 Mar 1999 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

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Daphnia obtusa is also a member of:

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