| Daphnia magna | |
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| Female Daphnia magna with a clutch of asexual eggs: The animal is about 4 mm long. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anomopoda |
| Family: | Daphniidae |
| Genus: | Daphnia |
| Species: | D. magna
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| Binomial name | |
| Daphnia magna Straus, 1820 [1]
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Daphnia magna is a small planktonic crustacean (adult length 1.5–5.0 mm) that belongs to the subclass Phyllopoda.