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Spiny waterflea

Daphnia lumholtzi

Classification

Bythotrephes longimanus (also Bythotrephes cederstroemi), or the spiny water flea, is a planktonic crustacean less than 15 millimetres (0. 6 in) long. It is native to fresh waters of Northern Europe and Asia, but has been accidentally introduced and widely distributed in the Great Lakes area of North America since the 1980s.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 9