microscopic view of a water flea alona quadrangularis with visible eggs

adult alona animal aquatic biology brightfield brownish carapace chydoridae cladocera cladocerans close crustacean education educational egg eggs enlarge enlarged female flea freshwater illumination inside light macro magnification magnify micrograph microphotograph microphotography microscope microscopic microscopy nature organism parthenogenesis parthenogenetic plankton planktonic quadrangularis science scientific shell transmitted water yellowish zoological zoology zooplankton