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Size [micrometers]
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about 650
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Characteristics
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Rostrum long and acute, head low. Carapax along the border clearly serrated, at the end parts jagged, in between with pinnated bristles. Carapax with longitudinal striations, yellowish to brownish. First antennae short, do not reach the rostral tip. Second antennae with three (outer arm) plus five (inner arm) bristles. Nauplius eye smaller than complex eye. Intestine simple.
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Habitate
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Shoreline of small and large waters. Between water plants.
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Images
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Adult female.
Shoreline plankton of an Upper Rhine river lake.
Caught Oct 3rd, 2008
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Adult female.
Shoreline plankton of an Upper Rhine river lake.
Caught Oct 3rd, 2008
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General informations from: H Streble and D Krauter: Das Leben im Wassertropfen. 8th edition,
Frankh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 1988
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