Definition of Cladocera. Meaning of Cladocera. Synonyms of Cladocera

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Definition of Cladocera

Cladocera
Cladocera Cla*doc"e*ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a sprout + ? a horn.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of the Entomostraca. Note: They have a bivalve shell, covering the body but not the head, and from four to six pairs of legs and two pairs of anten[ae], for use in swimming. They mostly inhabit fresh water.

Meaning of Cladocera from wikipedia

- The Diplostraca or Cladocera, commonly known as water fleas, is a superorder of small, mostly freshwater crustaceans, most of which feed on microscopic...
- crustaceans. It comprises fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, Diplostraca (or Cladocera), Notostraca, the Devonian Lepidocaris and possibly the Cambrian Rehbachiella...
- Cladoceras is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Cladoceras subcapitatum, which...
- (large). They are often ****ociated with a related genus in the order Cladocera: Moina, which is in the Moinidae family instead of the Daphniidae, and...
- A Cladocera giving birth (100x magnification)...
- Zooplankton within the phylum Crustacea also have a carapace. These include Cladocera, ostracods, and isopods, but isopods only have a developed "cephalic shield"...
- dry-season eggs of the various species of small crustacean in the order Cladocera (within the Branchiopoda); they are provided with an extra s**** layer...
- groups present Black water Mixed water White water Rotifera 284 23 0 Cladocera 5 29 43 Ostracoda 39 97 29 Calanoida 11 51 66 Cyclopoida 22 49 61 Chironomidae...
- with other similar-sized non-copepod fresh-water crustaceans, especially cladocera, they are commonly called water fleas. The name Cyclops comes from the...
- Asellus (Isopoda, Asellidae) from Iran Evolution and Biogeography: Volume 8 Cladocera species (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) in the littoral zone of Lake Baikal:...