Daphnia obtusa Kurz, 1875, (a water flea)

12 Aug 2004 at OSGR: SU77 in Berks, England

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Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Record Summary	Swarms of reddish Daphnia between floating leaves just under surface of small weedy artificial pond
Found as
Date	12 August 2004
Habitat feature	small weedy artificial pond
OS grid ref	OSGR: SU77
Lat/Lon	51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W
Vice County	Berks, VC no: 22
Country	England

Notes: Most of the surface of the pond was covered in floating vegetation, but swarms of reddish Daphnia filled the gaps between the plants, except for a clear zone of about 0.5cm around the leaves.

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)

12 Aug 2004 at OSGR: SU77 in Berks, England

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