Superorder - Diplostraca

Water Fleas

Tiny planktonic crustaceans represented in the Lakeshore water column, filtering microscopic algae, microbes, and fine particles while serving as prey for small aquatic predators.

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Identity & Origin +

Common Name: Water Fleas
Scientific Name: Superorder - Diplostraca
Realm: Freshwater
Biome: Lakeshore
Date First Introduced: September 01, 2025

Population Dynamics +

Current Estimated Population: 100
Population Status: Uncertain
Date Last Observed: September 09, 2025

Section Notes

The reviewed public record supports water-flea presence in a freshwater-life introduction context, but does not confirm long-term persistence, abundance stability, or recruitment.

Trophic Ecology +

Trophic Level: Primary Consumer
Feeding Niche / Method: Filter feeding
Dietary Inputs: Suspended algae, phytoplankton, microbes, and fine organic particles

Section Notes

Trophic classification is Primary Consumer. Food-web role: Suspended-algae plankton grazer. Feeding method: Filter feeding. Dietary inputs: Suspended algae, phytoplankton, microbes, and fine organic particles

Environmental Tolerances +

Life Cycle & Reproduction +

Ecological Role & Symbiosis +

Freshwater

A wet edge habitat where water, roots, glass, mud, and plant cover let aquatic and terrestrial organisms overlap.

Freshwater

A still freshwater habitat where submerged plants, tiny grazers, shrimp, snails, and crayfish are rebuilding the lake's food web after fish pressure changed.

Water Fleas

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Section Notes

Section Notes

Classification Pending

Biomes This Species Lives In

Lakeshore

Freshwater Lake

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