Talk:Cladocera

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Hi! Would anyone be able to give me any advice to improve this article?Tiffanyd4L (talk) 20:50, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well........

There is very little on their internal anatomy, heart, circulatory system, eye musculature, nervous system, feeding appendages etc.
There is nothing on sexual reproduction, relative sizes and morphology of males and females, mating behaviour (quite aggressive!) etc.
There is nothing on ecology which is particularly surprising as much of the early work by the Freshwater Biological Association in the Lake District of the UK used differing cladoceran species as indicator organisms for differing trophic levels of the various lakes in which they were found.
Nothing on their role as detritivors or their significance as food for very many small fish, hydra and other small freshwater carnivores.

That should probably be a start - there is probably more when that is done! Best of luck. Velella ^{Velella Talk} 01:32, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think a good place to start would be to talk about their ecology and expand on their origin. As mentioned above there is a lack of information on their physical description. Would anyone be able to help expand on their circulatory and nervous systems? Mieleveronica (talk) 00:44, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is a great deal of information in 19th century texts when the optical microscope was predominant and drawing from the microscope was an essential skill for any reputable zoologist. Very few of these texts have been digitised and it may require a visit to the dustier basements of old academic libraries, but much of the anatomical work is a good today as when it was written. Have fun! Velella ^{Velella Talk} 00:45, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]