Polyphemus pediculus (Predatory Giant Eyed Waterflea) is a species of arthropods in the family Polyphemidae. They are associated with freshwater habitat. They are carnivores.
Definition: Hard framework, internal or external, which supports and protects softer parts of plant, animal or unicellular organism, and to which muscles usually attach in animals, includes skeletons (derived from Lawrence, 2005).
Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.
