Micrographs of the ephippial ornamentation of some Daphnia taxa, taken by SEM (A) and light microscope (B) and organism hatched from the dormant embryo (some immature) (C). 9. Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) exilis Herrick, 1895, 10. D. leavis Birge, 1879, 11. D. parvula Fordyce, 1901, 12. D. pulex Leydig, 1860. Arrows show the zoomed in image of the ornamentation and some spinules or serrations. Scale bars: 100 µm.

 
 
  Part of: Guerrero-Jiménez G, Álvarez-Solís FS, Aguilar-Nazare E, Adabache-Ortiz A, Baquero-Mariaca A, Wallace RL, Silva-Briano M (2024) To what extent are ephippia of Mexican Anomopoda (Crustacea, Cladocera) identifiable? ZooKeys 1205: 169-189. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1205.115506