cladoceran
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cladoceran
any minute crustacean of the order Cladocera, with a laterally compressed carapace and large forked antennae used in swimming.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005