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Types of Crustaceans

roninwolsey — 2025-02-06 23:56:20 UTC

roninwolsey — 2025-02-07 00:02:45 UTC

A common name for the ostracoda is Seed shrimp

there are over 70,000 different species.

they live in all types of water such as Marine and freshwater

The life span of a Ostracoda can very but usually its between a few months and a few years

One interesting fact about Ostracoda is that they are bioluminescent and they do this to communicate or to escape predators

roninwolsey — 2025-02-07 00:32:16 UTC

a common name for Brachiopoda is lamp shells

There are about 400 living ones alive but there are over 10,000 fossils

They mostly live in marine environments and on the seafloor

Their life span is between 3 and 30 years depending on the Brachiopoda

A fun fact about brachiopoda is they use to be the most dominant marine species.

roninwolsey — 2025-02-07 00:38:51 UTC

They have multiple names but a common one is Copepods

They live in freshwater and marine places often attached to rocks

There are over 23,000 different species of Maxillopoda

Depending on the copepod they could live from weeks to 10 years.

A fun fact is depending on the Maxillopoda some can take over the body of a crab

roninwolsey — 2025-02-07 00:46:02 UTC

Common names for these animals are crabs, lobsters, and shrimp

There are over 40,000 different species

They are found in marine and freshwater

depending on the Malacostraca they can live from 1 year to over 50 years.

Species like the coconut crab can grow up to 3 feet across