Definitions for cladocera
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Webster Dictionary
Cladocera(u)
an order of the Entomostraca
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Cladocera
A suborder of CRUSTACEA, order Diplostraca, comprising the water fleas. They are benthic filter feeders that consume PHYTOPLANKTON. The body is laterally compressed and enclosed in a bivalved carapace, from which the head extends.
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