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ostracod::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mussel shrimp, seed shrimp |
| Type of | crustacean |
Examples of ostracod
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They are also plentiful with 33,000 ostracod species found throughout history.
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An exceptionally preserved myodocopid ostracod from the Silurian of Herefordshire, UK.
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E. virens is a kind of crustacean called an ostracod, or seed shrimp.
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The oldest fossilised ostracod shell is about 500 million years old.
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The longest known ostracod sperm cell is 1 cm long.
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The specimen, which was found in rocks in Herefordshire, represents a new species of ostracod, and has been named Nasunaris flata.
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The talented Colymbosathon ecplecticos is a 5-millimetre-long ostracod, a tiny bivalve crustacean that lived 425 million years ago.
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Ostracod fauna across the Permian-Triassic boundary at Chongyang, Hubei Province, and its implication for the process of the mass extinction.
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A 100 million-year-old ostracod boasting two penises found in Brazil and analysed by Siveter in 2002, held the record for oldest known members briefly.
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- Seed shrimp: tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
- Ostracoda is a class of the Crustacea, sometimes known as the seed shrimp because of their appearance. Some 65,000 species (13,000 of which are extant taxa) have been identified, grouped into several orders. This group may not be monophyletic. ...
- (Ostracods) Very diverse group of small crustaceans, mostly only a few millimeters long, occurring in salt and fresh water. Enclosed by a bivalve carapace, they include thousands of living as well as extinct species.
- A small, seed-shaped animal with two shells. Ostracods live in water.
