Les ostracodes sont de petits crustacés de moins d'1mm, de forme ronde ou ovale, très largement distribués à travers le monde.A three-step integrative taxonomy approach combining molecular, morphological and ecological methods was successfully used to delimit species boundaries within three freshwater ostracode taxa of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico): Darwinulidae, Cypretta and Cypridopsis.These species groups were selected because they are well-suited paleobioindicators for late Pleistocene-early Holocene climatic ...Ostracods are small crustaceans, typically around 1 millimetre (0.04 in) in size, but varying from 0.2 millimetres (0.0079 in) to 30 mm (1.2 in) in the case of Gigantocypris. Their bodies are flattened from side to side and protected by a bivalve -like, chitinous or calcareous valve or "shell". The hinge of the two valves is in the upper ...The ostracode assemblages in the southern part of the cold-temperate Nova Scotian province are a mixture of amphiatlantic cryophilic species and endemic, mainly thermophilic species; European forms make up approximately 50 percent of the species. Less than 25 percent of the species known from the mild-temperate Virginian province have been ...During the Paleocene- Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM, ca. 55.96 Ma), ostracodes underwent local extinction on the crest of Allison Guyot in the central Pacific Ocean, which lost 64% of its ostracode ...For the first time a complete ostracode and trilobite fauna is described from the Dobrovitá Formation (Ordovician) of Perunica. In contrast to the trilobite fauna the ostracode fauna evidences close relations to both Armorica and Baltica. The trilobite fauna comprises 11 species out of 11 genera, the ostracode fauna comprises 15 (5 new) species out of 15 (1 new) genera.Here we evaluate the controls on Arctic δ18Ob by using ostracode Mg/Ca paleothermometry to generate a composite record of the δ18O of seawater (δ18Osw) from 12 sediment cores in the intermediate to deep Arctic Ocean (700-2700 m) that covers the last 600 kyr based on biostratigraphy and orbitally tuned age models. Results show that Arctic ...The thermocline is located at a water depth of ~20-40 m. Cluster analysis revealed three water depth ranges in the lake of importance to ostracode distribution: 1) littoral zone (0.1-3 m), 2) water depths from the base of the littoral zone to the base of the thermocline (3-40 m), and 3) water depths below the thermocline (40-160 m).Question: oduction to the Tree of Life Eukaryote Supergroup Microfossil Group h. Pine tree i. Ostracode j. Conodont k. Charophyte . Coralline algae n. Mushroom o. Human Microfossils are useful for biostratigraphy or correlating sedimentary rocks and determining their ages. In the table below, indicate the geologic ranges of each.Continental Ostracode Paleoecology from the Hohokam Pueblo Blanco Area, Central Arizona November 1997 · Journal of Archaeological Science Manuel R. Palacios-FestThis approach has been successfully applied to ostracode Mg/Ca records of Late Pliocene and Quaternary age . In principle, therefore, both the timing of initiation of continental ice accumulation and its record through the Cenozoic can be determined.Despite the abundant literature on limnic Cretaceous ostracode faunas, the database on mid-Late Cretaceous taxa is still scarce. The Songliao Basin in northeastern China preserves a diverse assemblage of ostracode fossils from the Santonian-Campanian Nenjiang and Sifangtai formations. This rather unique material is of major importance to ...In sediment sequences from lakes of the northern Neotropics, ostracode remains are abundant, particularly in late Pleistocene deposits (Pérez et al., 2011b(Pérez et al., , 2013 Cohuo et al ...Abstract. In recent decades, research on ostracodes has grown dramatically. While many aspects of the group have been investigated, this review focuses on the paleoenvironmental applications of ostracodes from marine and nonmarine environments. It is argued that while ostracodes have great potential as paleoenvironmental tools, much of that ...Ostracods (formally called Ostracoda) take their name from the Greek ‘ostrakon’, which means ‘a shell’, and refers to the bi-valved carapace …Ostracode Assemblage C was derived from the Kennetcook Limestone at the Herbert River campsite. The massively bedded buff-coloured bioclastic limestone contains a rich fauna of brachiopods, gastropods, bivalves, bryozoans, corals, tentaculitids and crinoid ossicles as well as forams and twelve species of ostracodes (Text-fig. 3). The ...articles. names. Ryouichi Higashi, Akira Tsukagoshi cc-by-3.0. Ostracoda (Ostracodes) is a class of oligostracan crustaceans. There are 8669 species of Ostracodes, in 1433 genera and 150 families. They have sexual reproduction. EOL has data for 15 attributes, including: Body symmetry. bilaterally symmetric.INTRODUCTION. The Indo-Australian Archipelago (IAA), also known as the Coral Triangle, a hotspot in the Indo-West Pacific region (IWP), is known as the area of highest marine biodiversity for various taxa (Paulay, 1997; Hoeksema, 2007; Tittensor et al., 2010; Bellwood, 2012; Jablonski et al., 2013).Fossil (larger benthic foraminifera, ostracods, corals) and molecular (gastropods) evidence ...At both DSDP sites, ostracode diversity oscillated from H ( S) values of 0.2-0.6 during glacials and 1.2-1.6 during interglacials. This range of H ( S) values is quite similar to the range obtained for the late Quaternary ostracode record from the Chain core. As with the Chain core record, DSDP Site 607 was also characterized by oscillating ...The individual ostracode is composed of a soft body contained within a carapace consisting of a left and right valve, which are opened and closed by muscles that pass through the body near its center and are attached to the inner side of each valve. Valves are generally hinged at the top (dorsal margin) and are held slightly ajar during ...Limnocythere bradburyi is a new species of nonmarine ostracode that is living in several lakes in the central Mexican Plateau. These lakes are shallow, turbid, and pan-shaped, having relatively unstable and fluid substrates. Water levels of these lakes are high in the summer and low or dry in the winter. These lakes usually contain fresh to slightly saline water during the rainy season (summer-falOn September 2,he discovered that the supposed shell of an ostracode had really housed the body of a phyllopod: This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.Les ostracodes sont au monde aquatique ce que les collemboles sont au monde terrestre : la base de tous les cycles. Ces toutes petites bestioles sont le maillon ...The water chemistry of a groundwater-fed sinkhole-pond near St. Louis, Missouri, and its associated climate during the last glaciation are reconstructed by comparison with autecological data of modern ostracodes from about 5,500 sites in Canada. A 4.8-m succession of fossiliferous sediment yielded ostracode assemblages that collectively are generally found today in ponds in North America ...The ostracode assemblages are characterized by Robertsonites, a circumpolar Arctic genus of the modern fauna. This finding marks the southernmost occurrence of the Eocene record of the genus, as ...The most common ostracode genera are Hulingsina, Cytherura, Climacoidea (Proteoconcha), Loxoconcha, and Peratocytheridea. Loxoconcha moralesi and Peratocytheridea bradyi were the two most common species, averaging 11 percent or more of each assemblage. This is a late Pleistocene and Holocene fauna that lacks characteristic Neogene and early ...Ostracods are by far the most abundant fossil arthropods. They are collected for many purposes and applications, such as palaeoenvironmental and palaeoecological analysis, dating and correlation of rock sequences, reconstructing past geographies, and for taxonomic and evolutionary studies. By virtue of their small size and calcified bivalve ...Comparing to the ostracod studies on the other islands in the world, studies on the ostracod fauna of the islands in Antarctica are scarce. During the sixth Turkish Antarctica Expedition (TAE 6) to the islands (Dismal, Horseshoe, Nansen, Livingstone) in Western Antarctica, sediment and water samples were collected from 32 different water …Changes in ostracode assemblages through time can provide such records as ostracode species are sensitive to changes in their local environments. Before they can be used to indicate past environments, however, is it necessary to understand how distributions of assemblages change across environmental gradients. To that end, thirty-two lakes on ...Continental Ostracode Paleoecology from the Hohokam Pueblo Blanco Area, Central Arizona November 1997 · Journal of Archaeological Science Manuel R. Palacios-FestFossil ostracode remains in sediment cores show that a common species, Candona caudata, has been able to survive despite periodic anoxia because of its tolerance to low dissolved oxygen (as low as ...Pollen and ostracode records are used here to examine the migration of a major ecotone (transition zone between two biomes) in the Northern Midwest known as the prairie-forest border. Using the Neotoma database, we can explore the modern geographic distribution of prairie and forest vegetation (represented by pollen data) and of saline and freshwater lakes (represented by ostracodes ...The ostracode fauna confirms the age determination of corresponding erratic boulders (Backsteinkalk, 1B2-type) of Northern Germany. View. Show abstract. Ordovician ostracodes from Baltoscandia.At least 38 ostracode species were identified from 40 samples. Based on biofacies, the density of ostracodes and the faunal structure, it is elucidated that industrialization combined with the ...The ostracoderms were primitive vertebrates, small to medium in size. Their body form was fish-like, usually flattened dorsoventrally, with a huge head and gill region, a tapering but muscular trunk and some sort of tail fin. They had no jaws and no pectoral or pelvic fins but had only median fins.We analyzed magnesium/calcium (Mg/Ca) ratios from adult, calcitic shells of the deep-sea ostracode Krithe from the Northwind and Mendeleev Ridges, Arctic Ocean, to reconstruct orbital-scale Quaternary bottom-water temperature history. Results show an early Pleistocene (~1.5 Ma to 500 ka) Mg/Ca Krithe pattern with low-amplitude, possibly orbitally controlled, oscillations between 10.5 and 12.5 ...Eighty-one ostracode taxa were identified in 81 samples. Changes in ostracode faunas in space and time provide information that enabled us to reconstruct a detailed paleobiogeography of the Bay.Ostracode vivant d’environ 0,6 mm de longueur, appartenant au genre Anchistrocheles Brady & Norman, 1889, collecté au large des côtes du Japon Hayato Tanaka, Author provided. Les ostracodes ...The Arctic Ostracode Database (AOD) is dedicated to census data of benthic marine ostracods collected from a variety of surface and late Quaternary sediment samples from the Arctic area (Fig. 2). The samples came from international sampling cruises to the Arctic since 1933 (Fig. 2B). The census data provide numbers of specimens per species in ...The updated and annotated checklist includes all published names of Chinese recent nonmarine ostracods and their provincial records up to 2007. A total of 160 specific names are included. Of these, 154 are taxonomically accepted names. At present, the richest province with more than 53 species of ostracods is Qinghai, followed by Yunnan …The individual ostracode is composed of a soft body contained within a carapace consisting of a left and right valve, which are opened and closed by muscles that pass through the body near its center and are attached to the inner side of each valve. Valves are generally hinged at the top (dorsal margin) and are held slightly ajar during ...Multi-decadal to inter-annual variability in ostracode Mg/Ca records from this coastal setting thus primarily reflects salinity fluctuations that appear to be associated with ENSO-driven winter ...rise (2400-3210 m) have different ostracode faunas, which confirms that generally on slopes, factors other than the trend toward finer sediments can generate a depth zonation. Last, elsewhere, sediments on the slope and rise are more likely to move downward under the influence of mass-wasting processes and bottom density currents (Bouma 1979).This chapter provides an introduction to the class Ostracoda with a special reference to the freshwater ostracods of the world. Starting with the most recent …The Mg spectra measured from foraminiferal calcite contains the same spectral features as those collected by previously-reported scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) NEXAFS techniques (Fig. 3) (Branson et al., 2013, Yoshimura et al., 2015).The energy resolution of the XPEEM is lower than the X-ray absorption or …Ostracode species assemblages and stable oxygen and carbon isotopes of shells from two 210 Pb-dated short cores of 78 cm and 47 cm length taken from Lake Nam Co, southern Tibet, provide information about lake level history of the past approximately 600 years at decadal resolution. A transfer function is applied to reconstruct paleo-water depths from modern ostracodes.A myodocopid ostracode with preserved appendages from the Upper Jurassic of the Volga River region (USSR) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontolgie, Monatshefte, 1978 (7) (1978), pp. 393-399. Google Scholar. Eagar, 1969. S.H. Eagar. A Pleistocene mummified ostracod from the Wairarapa District.Six Ostracode species belonging to the Trachyleberididae and Xestoleberididae are recorded for first time from Avanah Formation (M.Eocene), Dohuk area, Northern Iraq.These species are: Uroleberis globosa Ducasse 1967, Uroleberis sp., Acanthocythereis (Canthylocythereis) heijranensis sp. nov. Acanthocythereis (Canthylocythereis) sp., …Request PDF | On Jan 1, 2021, Laura Gemery and others published ASSESSING THE FEASIBILITY OF STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPES FROM OSTRACODE SHELLS AS PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC PROXIES FOR WATER MASS IN ARCTIC AND ...Here we describe ostracode faunas in shelf deposits in the Gulf Coast of Mexico through the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene, analyzing the biostratigraphy and paleoecology of ostracodes from the Mossy Grove core, Mississippi. Mossy Grove ostracode faunas suffered gradual extinction and diversity loss in the 150 kyr between …The vertebrates exhibit two major innovations in their evolution from the invertebrate chordates. These innovations may be associated with the whole genome duplications that resulted in a quadruplication of the basic chordate genome, including the Hox gene loci that regulate the placement of structures along the three axes of the body. One of the first …Modern lake hydrodynamics, ostracode species autecology, stable isotopes (δ 18 O and δ 13 C) of multiple ostracode species, ostracode taphonomy and sediment geochemistry were studied to improve interpretation of the late Pleistocene-early Holocene (∼24-10 ka) stable isotope record of ostracodes in sediment core PI-6 from Lago Petén Itzá, northern Guatemala.The "Bradleya problem" is concerned with the discovery and definition of a group of fossil and Recent reticulate ostracodes, several of which are common to Cenozoic deep-sea sediments in many parts of the world ocean floor.These species have often been misunderstood and taxonomically confused with genera characteristic of the study of shallow-water forms.Changes in shape and in the pattern of the reticulate carapace ornament of 63 representative female ostracode specimens of the deep-sea genus Poseidonamicus from 28 Deep Sea Drilling Project Sites, extending over a geographic distance of 40,000 miles and a geologic age of 40 × 10 6 yr, have been analyzed by Resistant Fit Theta-Rho Analysis, conventional least-squares Theta-Rho Analysis, and ...ring ostracode communities, coupled with morphological identification of ostraco-des from the same sediment samples. In total, depending on the primer pair used,Palaeocopida Henningsmoen, 1953. Platycopida Sars, 1866. Podocopida Sars, 1866. 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, [2] grouped into 7 valid orders. [2] They are small crustaceans, typically around 1 ...Our results suggest that there was a major ostracode faunal turnover during the global climate transitions known as the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT, ~ 1.2 to 0.7 Ma) and the Mid-Brunhes Event (MBE, ~ 400 ka) reflecting the development of perennial sea ice during interglacial periods and large ice shelves during glacial periods over the …Burmese Cretaceous amber (∼99 Ma, Myanmar) is famous for the preservation of a wide range of fauna and flora, including representatives of marine, freshwater and terrestrial groups. Here, we report on three ostracod specimens, that came visible as syninclusions to an aquatic isopod. The three specimens represent three …of ostracode crustaceans, all species share a num-ber of features that occur only in this group. Examples of characters occurring in the two. traditional sub-units Hesslandonidae MuThe profiles express ostracode tolerance of environmental parameters such as salinity or currents. Tolerance of a wide range of values is taken to indicate shallow water because shallow environments are conducive to thermal variability, short-term water residence, and the development of currents from wind-driven waves.The Ostracoda are one of the most diverse arthropod groups alive today; they also have a tremendous fossil record. Because of their widespread environmental distributions, small size and carbonate shell, they have become extremely useful biostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental proxy indicators, particularly in nonmarine environments.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Site Description Methods Results Rationale for the Method Interpretation Discussion ConclusionDuring a study about bromeliad tadpoles (Scinax perpusillus), the ability of bromeliad ostracods (genus Elpidium) to pass unharmed through the tadpole gut was documented. Seven Elpidium were found alive inside a tadpole's digestive tract. Subsequent experiments demonstrated that Scinax tadpoles frequently ingest bromeliad ostracods, eliminating them unharmed in the faeces. Another laboratory ...Feb 25, 2017 ... Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a class of the Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Video Formats.Os ostracodos, ostracodes ou ostrácodes são pequenos crustáceos e que estão incluídos na classe Ostracoda. Possuem como característica marcante uma concha bivalve composta por quitina e, na maioria dos casos, também carbonato de cálcio e magnésio . Diversos apêndices são utilizadas na locomoção , são eles as antênulas, as antenas, e os quintos, sextos e sétimos pares de ...Ostracode taxonomy has been of great interest because of their possible use as indicator species in climate and ecosystem changes. In Central and South America, few studies have been carried out and this study includes a contribution to the group. Eleven ostracode species were collected in Lago Petén Itzá (approximately 100km2), the second ...The taxonomic status of the Lower Cretaceous non-marine ostracode genera Hourcqia Krömmelbein and Pattersoncypris Bate is discussed. From a detailed analysis of the type species of these genera, and several other species attributed to them, it was possible to conclude that both genera are invalid.Synonyms for ostracize in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for ostracize. 34 synonyms for ostracize: exclude, reject, boycott, avoid, exile, expel, snub, banish, shun, shut ...Studies of Recent ostracodes around the area of South America shed little light on the paleoenvironmental interpretation of Miocene assemblages. Consequently, interpretations of the Miocene ostracode assemblages must be supplemented using evidence from better documented taxa. Benthic foraminifera in samples from the Lower to Middle Miocene …Above 7 cm there is a marked increase in ostracode abundance and a corresponding decrease in species richness, probably signaling the onset of a major community disturbance, perhaps due to human activities. The southernmost core, 86-DG-32, is from a site that is well removed from influent rivers. Ostracode abundance varies erratically ...Benthic ostracode δ13C as sensor for early Holocene establishment of modern circulation patterns in Central EuropeLe mot est valide au scrabble 1 court extrait de l'ODS (ODS est l'acronyme du dictionnaire officiel du scrabble.) OSTRACODE n.m. Petit crustacé. Pluriel : OSTRACODES 2 courts extraits du WikWik.org (WikWik est une base de données en ligne des mots définis sur les Wiktionnaires français, anglais, espagnol, italien, etc.). ostracode adj. (Zoologie) Qui est en forme de coquille.Ostracode and Smaller Collections. The Paleozoic part of the Ostracode collection includes some type material and in part dates back well into the 19th Century. The mostly Pleistocene-Holocene part of the Ostracode collection also has a few types. It was created during the DDR period, primarily for regional geologic survey purposes.Table 3. Ostracode distribution in Hole 761C. Species Cytherella acuta Lophocythere'.' sp.l Ogmoconcha owthorpensis Judahella n.sp.2 KerocythereV n.sp.l Bairdiacypπs ct.tπassica Bairdia sp.C Ogmoconcha bristolensis Cytherelloidea 7 unicostata Cornutobairdia att.trinodosa Iriebelina (Nodobairdia) n.sp. Triebelina (T.) att.T.(T.) longiformeCompared to published ostracode-based inference models for conductivity (Mezquita et al., 2005, Mischke et al., 2007, Mischke et al., 2010a), this transfer function performs comparably as assessed by the coefficient of determination between measured and inferred conductivity (0.69).Cluster analysis and ordination by nonmetric multidimensional scaling of data on ostracode relative abundances revealed three ostracode assemblages, each characteristic of a different environment. The Cryptobairdia seminalis assemblage from the lowest Florena Shale is characteristic of deeper water, offshore, marine environments with only minor ...A Biomechanical Theory of Ostracode Carapace Morphology - Volume 9. Of the 50 thousand or more species descriptions that exist in my reference library, there is very little change over 130 years in the basic vocabulary used to describe the shape or the ornament of the ostracode valves.The ostracode fauna confirms the age determination of corresponding erratic boulders (Backsteinkalk, 1B2-type) of Northern Germany. View. Show abstract. Ordovician ostracodes from Baltoscandia.Jun 1, 2022 · Other ostracode genera showing similar positive Mg/Ca-temperature relationships include Xestoleberis (Kondo et al., 2005, Cytheropteron (Yamada et al., 2014), Neonesidea (Morishita et al., 2007), and Sinocytheridea and Neomonoceratina (Rodríguez and Not, 2020), although there are large inter-generic differences in Mg/Ca. Herein, we report 14 ostracode species of the families Eucytheridae, Krithidae, Thaerocytheridae, Trachyleberididae, and Xestoleberididae from Cretaceous-Paleocene sediments at U1407 of Integrated ...
Abstract. An extensive new multi-proxy database of paleo-temperature time series (Temperature 12k) enables a more robust analysis of global mean surface temperature (GMST) and associated .... Giulio strozzi
These substances are typically small molecules because they are less likely to be digested and may be hard for the consumer to biosynthesize. Here, we report that Parapriacanthus ransonneti, a bioluminescent fish, obtains not only its luciferin but also its luciferase enzyme from bioluminescent ostracod prey. The enzyme purified from the …Seventy-three ostracode species from 38 genera were recovered from the 55 surface sediment samples in Lützow-Holm Bay, northeastern Antarctica. We investigated bathymetric and geographic ...The excessive nutrients discharge from industrial and domestic sources have been contributing to the establishment of eutrophication conditions, particularly in chocked lagoons in the Neotropical region. This study evaluates the influence of organic matter on the foraminiferal and ostracode assemblages by combining biopolymers concentrations, sediment grain size, and physical and chemical ...Apr 25, 2023 · Se cree que el modelo básico primitivo de alimentación de los ostrácodos es la filtración, utilizando para ello los apéndices maxilares, mientras que los restantes mecanismos de alimentación se cree que derivan de esta. La alimentación de los ostrácodos actuales puede ser suspensívora, es decir, que se alimentan de materia orgánica en ... Code Astra is known to deliver value to clients and customers.The Arctic Ostracode Database provides species census data for about 100 species of benthic marine Ostracoda from modern surface and late Quaternary sediments from various parts of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas. Ostracodes are a microfossil group of bivalved Crustacea that secrete a calcareous shell commonly preserved in sediments in the Arctic region.No ostracodes were encountered in the sediments of almost half of the lakes, and most were found at sites that had higher alkalinity. Several taxa endemic to ...The ostracode carapace is composed of calcium carbonate and chiton, but the latter is seldom preserved in fossils. The chiton is present as a layer over the outer and inner surfaces of each valve and also forms a network within the valve ( Kesling, 1951 ). In order to generate a database of the auto-ecology and distribution of Argentinian North Patagonian ostracods (Argentina), a survey in 40 aquatic systems has been carried out. For this purpose, we report the ostracod diversity and assess the relationships between ostracod occurrence and abundance considering abiotic …Some aspects of pyritised ostracode shells: a . possible tool in p etroleum sedimentology . from the sediments of Mangalore Harbo r . area, Karnataka stat e, west coast of India. In:Compared to published ostracode-based inference models for conductivity (Mezquita et al., 2005, Mischke et al., 2007, Mischke et al., 2010a), this transfer function performs comparably as assessed by the coefficient of determination between measured and inferred conductivity (0.69). Thus, the ostracode assemblages of San Salvador Island ...The environment of Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, has experienced significant changes since the early Holocene due to climate change. Two piston cores, IK97-10P and IK97-11P, were analyzed for ostracode abundance. These data were interpreted in light of the isotopic and trace element composition of the ostracode shells generated in a companion ...We evaluate the potential utility of Mg/Ca in the ostracode genera Sarsicytheridea and Paracyprideis as a paleotemperature proxy for continental shelf and upper slope waters of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas. Using sediment core-top and surface sediment samples, shells of three species, S. bradii, S. punctillata, and P. pseudopunctillata, were analyzed from Arctic Ocean sites in water ...The ostracode genus Bicornucythere (Ostracoda, Crustacea) is abundant in modern-day eutrophic marine bays, and is widely distributed in estuaries and inner bays throughout East Asia, including in ...Ostracodes are small crustaceans that abound in marine and freshwater habitats. They are an important part of the benthic fauna of all freshwater habitats, ...貝虫（かいむし、学名: Ostracoda ）または貝虫類（かいむしるい） は、甲殻類を大きく分けた節足動物の分類群の1つ。 分類学上は貝虫綱とされる。 貝形虫、カイミジンコ類 などとも呼ばれ、カイミジンコ、ウミホタルなどが含まれる。 全身が二枚貝のような殻で覆われ、一般に約1mmの小型甲殻 ...class of crustaceans.