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Daphnia magna in dried pond sediments

Image of Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) magna Straus 1820

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Description: English: Surface of dried pond sediments of a rock pool in South-Western Finland. The sediment surface is covered with the dried bodies of Daphnia magna. Many females carry resting eggs (=ephippia), some of which will hatch when the rock pool receives water after the next rain. Date: 21 June 2006. Source: Own work. Author: Dieter Ebert, Basel, Switzerland.

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