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Moina macrocopa
Moina macrocopa
Moina macrocopa Moina macrocopa
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Branchiopoda
Suborder Cladocera
Family Moinidae
 
Distinguishing Characteristics
  • Anntenules large
  • Distal forked tooth on postabdomen
  • No supraocular depression
Ecology
  • Found in small ponds or pools; sometimes saline waters
  • Specimens have been found on the Isles of Shoals, ME covered with the rotifer Brachionus
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  Moina macrocopa