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Arthropoda

Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Crustacea
Order: Cladocera
Genus: Podon


Cladocerans or water fleas, are a group of crustaceans that have large eyes, a big carapace and jointed appendages. The genus Podon, which we observed, often swims near the surface of the ocean.


Site: Town Cove, Orleans
Date: 5-26-98
Mag: 100x

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Observations: It was transparent except for eye was brown and some areas that were yellowish brown. It had segmented legs and long nose. It had a horn at the bottom and eggs in a sack on its back and a faceted eye.

Adjective:Scary

Artists:Katherine

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