any water flea of the genus Daphnia, having a rounded body enclosed in a transparent shell and bearing branched swimming antennae
Word origin
C19: from New Latin, probably from Daphne
Examples of 'daphnia' in a sentence
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Daphnia pulex are distributed throughout the world and often regarded as a model organism.
Wenping Wang, Kun Zhang, Daogui Deng, Ya-Nan Zhang, Shuixiu Peng, Xiaoxue Xu 2016, 'Genetic Diversity of Daphnia pulex in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the YangtzeRiver', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0152436. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Daphnia longispina total abundance showed large inter-annual differences.
Ana Maria Geraldes, Catherine George 2012, 'Limnological variations of a deep reservoir in periods with distinct rainfall patternsVariações na limnologia de um reservatório profundo em períodos com diferentes padrõesde precipitação', Acta Limnologica Brasiliensiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2012000400009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Daphnia magna, a common water flea, served as prey.
B.E.M.W. STOFFELS, J.S. TUMMERS, G. VAN DER VELDE, D. PLATVOET, H.W.M. HENDRIKS, R.S.E.W.LEUVEN 2011, 'Assessment of predatory ability of native and non-native freshwater gammaridean species:A rapid test with water fleas as prey', Current Zoologyhttp://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11963. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Daphnia shows plastic responses by adapting its morphology, behavior, and physiology, increasing organism, and population fitness.
Linda C. Weiss 2019, 'Sensory Ecology of Predator-Induced Phenotypic Plasticity', Frontiers in Behavioral Neurosciencehttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00330/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)