#shield shrimp

[snototter]

A shield shrimp (Triops australiensis) in Kimberley, Australia

by Ian Bool

[nicolaz-stimz]

Could you plz do a tadpole shrimp themed stimboard?

Luv ur posts!!!! <3

Tadpole Shrimp

[puzzleddonkey]

My beautiful cannibal children

[theyshapedlikefriends]

Little Beans Tadpole Shrimp

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[typhlonectes]

Australia's only shield shrimp

This unusual desert crustacean is Australia's only known species of shield shrimp.

When it rains across Australia’s vast inland region, temporary pools crop up all over the arid ground, giving life to a strange desert crustacean known as the shield shrimp (Triops australiensis)...

[green-algae]

These little scuttlers are triops, also known as tadpole shrimp or shield shrimp. [Order Notostraca] These crustaceans have not changed significantly since the Triassic. These images were taken at the Jepson Prairie Reserve in California by Gerald and Buff Corsi.

[leolychee]

I wanted to introduce everyone to the late but great Triops longicaudatus, Bubble Jug. I wanted to post some pics of her a while ago, but never got around to it. Unfortunately, Bubble Jug passed away just last week, after getting trapped under a pebble... whoops. Bubble Jug was hatched around the beginning of June and lived up until early July... not a bad run considering the lifespan of a triops. She was the only triops of her clutch to hatch out, so it was quite a shock when she starting laying eggs, and an even bigger shock when they started to hatch (some species of triops can reproduce asexually)! This morning I discovered ~8 little shrimp babies putting around in her old bowl. They have since been relocated to a sweet and sour sauce container, and I will take photos when they’re big enough to be captured. Name suggestions are of course welcome.

[chibimonkey]

One of the triops digging the new house @hella-free-space