Bosmina

Bosmina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anomopoda
Family: Bosminidae
Genus: Bosmina
Baird, 1845 

Bosmina is a genus of water fleas. Its members can be distinguished from those of Bosminopsis (the only other genus in the family Bosminidae) by the separation of the antennae; in Bosminopsis, the antennae are fused at their bases.

Bosmina occur in both marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. They are filter feeders consuming algae and protozoans about 1–3 μm long. Bosmina are known to have a dual feeding mechanism. They can filter the water using their second and third legs and the first leg will grab the particles. The second and third legs have small setules attached to the seta to make a mesh-like structure for filtering.

Some Bosmina species are non-native species, many of which pose a great threat to aquatic ecosystems.

Species list

There are 28 accepted species:

Subgenus Bosmina Baird, 1845

Subgenus Eubosmina Seligo, 1900

Subgenus Liederobosmina Brtek, 1997

Subgenus Lunobosmina Taylor, Ishikane & Haney, 2002

Subgenus Sinobosmina Lieder, 1957

Subgenus unassigned

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Bosmina Baird, 1845". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2026. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
  2. ↑ Stanley L. Dodson, Carla E. Cáceres & D. Christopher Rogers (2009). "Cladocera and other Branchiopoda". In James H. Thorp (ed.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates (3rd ed.). Academic Press. pp. 773–828. ISBN 978-0-12-374855-3.
  3. ↑ Agnes H. Bleiwas and Pamela M. Stokes (1985). "Collection of large and small food particles by Bosmina". Limnology and Oceanography. 30 (5): 1090–1092. Bibcode:1985LimOc..30.1090B. doi:10.4319/lo.1985.30.5.1090. JSTOR 2836592.
  4. ↑ Kotov, Alexey A.; Karabanov, Dmitry P.; Van Damme, Kay (2022-09-09). "Non-Indigenous Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda): From a Few Notorious Cases to a Potential Global Faunal Mixing in Aquatic Ecosystems". Water. 14 (18): 2806. doi:10.3390/w14182806. ISSN 2073-4441.

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