Water fleas. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of two water fleas (order Cladocera) in their shells (blue). Water fleas are small freshwater

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Water fleas. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of two water fleas (order Cladocera) in their shells (blue). Water fleas are small freshwater crustaceans, commonly found in ponds. They feed on phytoplankton (microscopic algae), which they waft into their mouths by beating small limbs on their shells.

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