Culture of fish food organisms

Unit 3 - Cladocerans

3.2.Biology and nutritional value of cladocerans
Cladocera or cladocerans are small crustaceans commonly called water fleas, part of the Class Branchiopoda. In contrast to the prosperity of cladocerans in freshwater systems, with more than 600 recorded species, marine cladocerans show a very low diversity, with only eight truly marine species. These 8 species can be divided in two distinct groups, the Podonidae (represented by the genera Evadne, Pleopis, Podon and Pseudevadne), and the Sididae with only one species, Penilia avirostris).

Cladocerans