Scientific Name: Moina micrura Kurz, 1875
English Name: Water Flea
Local/Bangla Name: Pani Poka (পানি পোকা), Moina (ময়না)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anomopoda
Family: Moinidae
Description:
It has a round body shape with prominent antennules. Its length ranges from 0.5 to 1.2 millimeters. It features a relatively large and clearly defined head with a supraocular depression. It possesses a distal forked tooth on the postabdomen. With less than eight postanal spines, there are no hairs present on the head or valves.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Commonly found in the rivers, lakes, haors, and other fresh waterbodies of Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish
References:
Nahid SAA, Shimul SA, Rana S, Sarkar A (2023) Plankton of Bangladesh( 1st edition). Darikoma Prokashoni. 202 p. ISBN: 9789845113984
Ahmed ATA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M (eds.) (2008) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 18. Part II. Arthropoda: Crustacea. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 226 pp
