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Cladocera Chydoridae with eggs and babies plus size compared to Ostracods
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Video Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvoXTlegIWk
The first minute shows females with two eggs nestled in their carapace (shell). The remainder shows the two eggs hatched with the babies still inside of the carapace. These tiny crustaceans are invisible without magnification and are well camouflaged. • Filmed in the Missouri Ozarks, USA, on April 2, 2018 with an Opti-TekScope OT-SC. • For more information about this family, other Cladocera and Copepods, visit the Great Lakes Water Life Photo Gallery at https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/seagrant/G... • • Phylum Arthropoda - Subphylum Crustacea - Class Branchiopoda - Suborder Cladocera - Family Chydoridae • CC Music: Campfire Song
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