Two unexpected cladoceran systergroups--Oligopoda and Magipoda--have shuffled the cladoceran orders according to Van Damme et al (2022). I certainly did not get this topology in my thesis . . . #arthropoda #crustacea #cladocera #phylogeny

Does anyone make zooplankton dip nets with the bottle attachment at the end? Or is that a feature reserved for plankton tow nets? #zooplankton #biomonitoring #plankton #cladocera

On the 11th day of #Crustmas my true love gave to me Ilyocryptus cuneatus Štifter, 1988. Picture from Kotov & Elías-Gutiérrez 2009. I. cuneatus is a small anomopod cladoceran. The genus Ilyocryptus is a relatively common benthic cladoceran genus, but few people look for benthic cladocerans, so Daphnia gets all the love. #crustacea #arthropoda #branchiopoda #cladocera
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