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Ostracod

Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a class of the Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 33,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant) have been identified, grouped into 7 valid orders. They are small crustaceans, typically around 1 mm (0.04 in) in size, but varying from 0.2 to 32 mm (0.0079 to 1.3 in), the latter in the case of…

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related to Distribution · 27
Ostracod → Africa, As, Australia, Cyprididae, Cypridoidea, Cytheroidea, Darwinuloidea, Ecologically, However, Krithe, Krithidae, Many Cyprididae, Mesocypris, Movile Cave, New Zealand, Non-marine, Of, Ostracods, Palaeocopida, Platycopida
related to Lifecycle · 22
Ostracod → As, Bairdiocopina, Cytherocopina, Darwinulocopina, Entocytheridae, Halocyprida, In, In Podocopa, Instead, Male, Mating, Myodocopa, Myodocopida, Podocopa, Podocopida, Some, Species, Superfamily Darwinuloidea, The, There
related to Bioluminescence · 17
Ostracod → Bioluminescence, By, Caribbean, Cypridinidae, Halocyprididae, In, Japanese, Luxorina, Most, Ostracods, Some, The, Their, These, This, Vargula, World War II
related to Body parts · 13
Ostracod → Both, Cladocopina, Cypridoidea, Cytheroidea, In, It, Most, Myodocopina, The, Their, Two, Unlike, With
related to Classification · 10
Ostracod → Bernot, Branchiura, Class Ostracoda, Early, Myodocopa, Mystacocarida's, Ostracoda, Podocopa, Recent, The
related to Fossils · 9
Ostracod → An, Baltic, Eocene, Foraminifera, Freshwater, Hart, Ordovician, Ostracoda, Ostracods
related to External links · 7
Ostracod → Guide, Kempf Database OstracodaOstracoda, Marine Zooplankton, Ostracoda Database, OstracodaOstracoda Fact SheetHuge, Research Group, South-eastern AustraliaKey
related to Description · 6
Ostracod → As, In Manawa, Myodocopida, Palaeocopida, Studies, The
related to Palaeoclimatic reconstruction · 4
Ostracod → MCR, Mg/Ca, MOTR, The
related to Predators · 4
Ostracod → An, Cytherocopina, Predation, Whale

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ostracods species found two body also podocopa myodocopa class males carapace order subclass light marine freshwater family known shell myodocopida

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salt marshesinstance ofTerrestricytheroidea is semi-terrestrial and usually found in brackish and marine-influenced environments0.80text
but not in freshwaterinstance ofTerrestricytheroidea is semi-terrestrial and usually found in brackish and marine-influenced environments0.80text
the Movile Caveinstance ofNon-marine species have been found to live in sulfidic cave ecosystems0.80text
deep groundwatersinstance ofNon-marine species have been found to live in sulfidic cave ecosystems0.80text
hypersaline watersinstance ofNon-marine species have been found to live in sulfidic cave ecosystems0.80text
acidic waters with pH as low as 3.4instance ofNon-marine species have been found to live in sulfidic cave ecosystems0.80text
phytotelmata in plants like bromeliadsinstance ofNon-marine species have been found to live in sulfidic cave ecosystems0.80text
and in temperatures varying from almost freezing to more than 50instance ofNon-marine species have been found to live in sulfidic cave ecosystems0.80text
the rough-skinned newt prey upon certain ostracodsinstance ofamphibians0.80text
Ostracodrelated to BioluminescenceSome0.60section
Ostracodrelated to BioluminescenceVargula0.60section
Ostracodrelated to BioluminescenceThese0.60section

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