Bosminidae is a family of anomopods in the order
Diplostraca
The Diplostraca or Cladocera, commonly known as water fleas, are a superorder of small crustaceans that feed on microscopic chunks of organic matter (excluding some predatory forms).
Over 1000 species have been recognised so far, with many more ...
. There are at least 3 genera and 40 described species in Bosminidae.
Genera
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Bosmina
''Bosmina'' is a genus in the order Cladocera, the 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 ...
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Baird, 1845
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Bosminopsis''
Richard, 1895
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Eubosmina''
Seligo, 1900
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Cladocera
Crustacean families
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