Bosmina longirostris

Japanese: ゾウミジンコ(英語表記)Bosmina longirostris
Bosmina longirostris
Class: Branchiopods, Order: Bivalva, Family: Bosminidae. Body length: about 0.5mm. Commonly found as plankton in lakes and ponds around the world, except Australia. Named after the forward-tilted head, the snout and long first antennae resemble an elephant. The shell of females with durable eggs is thickened near the dorsal edge to protect the eggs. A closely related species is B. coregoni , which is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Although species of the Bosminidae family have long first antennae, their length, curvature, and shell shape vary greatly not only between species, but also between individuals. For example, Bosminopsis deitersi , which is distributed from Asia to eastern Europe and North and South America, has the base half of the first antennae fused in its basic form, but sometimes they are separated, making it difficult to distinguish it from an elephant water flea. (→Crustacea, Branchiopods, Arthropods)

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Japanese:
鰓脚綱双殻目ゾウミジンコ科 Bosminidae。体長 0.5mm内外。オーストラリアを除く世界各地の湖沼のプランクトンとしてごく普通に見られる。前方に傾いた頭部に続く吻と長い第1触角がゾウを思わせるのでその名がある。耐久卵をもった雌の殻は背縁に近い部分が肥厚して卵を保護する。ごく近縁の種にカワリゾウミジンコ B. coregoni があり,北半球に広く分布する。なおゾウミジンコ科は長い第1触角をもつが,その長さ,曲がり方,殻の形態は,種による違いだけでなく,個体変異も著しい。たとえば,アジアからヨーロッパ東部,南北アメリカに分布するゾウミジンコモドキ Bosminopsis deitersi は第1触角の基半部が癒合しているのが基本形であるが,ときに離れていてゾウミジンコとの区別がつけにくい個体もある。(→甲殻類,鰓脚類,節足動物)

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