1. Class: Crustacea
Order: Phyllopoda
Suborder: Cladocera
Family: Bosminidae
Bosmina longirostris
Description:
Plate 004a. Lateral view of Bosmina longirostris.
Plate 004b. Mucro (spine) on posterior end of cephalothorax of
Bosmina longirostris.
Plate 004c. Lateral view of Bosmina longirostris.
Usually the larger of the bosminids in Florida, common and wide
spread throughout U.S. Frontal bristle near the midpoint between the
eye and base of the rostrum. Mucro short, much like Eubosmina longispina.
Posterior-dorsal portion of the carapace much rounded than other bosminids.

2. Smooth frontal lobe
Bristle
Mucro (spine)
Plate 004a. Lateral view of Bosmina longirostris.

3. mucro (spine)
Plate 004b. Mucro (spine) on posterior end of cephalothorax of
Bosmina longirostris.

4. Plate 004c. Lateral view of Bosmina longirostris.