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Strickler, J.R., Purpora, A., Talioua, A., Gophen, M. and Sheng, J. (2024) Daphnia: A Master in Microfluidics. 77th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 2024. Salt Lake City, USA, 24-26 November 2024.

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• TITLE: Retrospective Forthrightness Scientific Farewell—Daphnia Is Not a Filter Feeder: Innovative Review

  AUTHORS: Moshe Gophen

  KEYWORDS: Daphnia, Feeding Mechanism, Sieving, Assembling

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Modern Hydrology, Vol.16 No.1, November 26, 2025

  ABSTRACT: Cinematographic video tape slow-motion analysis confirmed that in Daphnia, food particle retention occurs through assembling, not sieving. Particle abstraction is achieved by assembling and packing rather than by sieving. A straining action which requires energy, poses an ecological disadvantage. The achievement of internal fluid flow sieving through a mesh may be therefore a physiological disadvantageous trait. Sieving action of internal current could create flow irregularities and turbulence. Filtration induces laminar flow interference, resulting in a stirring effect. The two trunk limbs dangle freely within a chamber space where food particles are gathered. The food particles assembling and packing mechanism within the feeding process improves energy savings and animal resilience by locomotion improving vulnerability.