Daphnia Definition

dăfnē-ə
noun
Any of various water fleas of the genus Daphnia, having long branched antennae, some species of which are commonly used as food for aquarium fish.
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pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Daphniidae "” the water fleas.

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Other Word Forms of Daphnia

Noun

Singular:
daphnia
Plural:
daphnias

Origin of Daphnia

  • New Latin Daphnia genus name from Greek Daphnē Daphne

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the genus name.

    From Wiktionary

Daphnia Sentence Examples

  • Of the seven genera, the cosmopolitan Daphnia contains about 100 species and varieties, of which Thomas Scott (1899) observes that " scarcely any of the several characters that have at one time or another been selected as affording a means for discriminating between the different forms can be relied on as satisfactory."

  • Daphnia are found in large numbers sheltering under floating aquatics such as water-lilies.

  • These can be easily raised in newly hatched brine shrimp, powdered flake, and small daphnia and other pond foods.

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