Class - Ostracoda
Freshwater Seed Shrimp
Tiny animals with a hard, bean-shaped shell. They scoot around in the water or mud, eating algae and tiny bits of waste.
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Freshwater Seed Shrimp
Small-particle detritus recycler
Consumes detritus
General Ecology
Historical
Detritus
detritus
Freshwater Seed Shrimp are represented as historical small-particle detritus recyclers after visible establishment failed in the Freshwater Lake.
Lake Post-Seal events 26 and 28 plus source-subject rows document ostracod/seed-shrimp introductions, visible decline, and later no-visible-persistence context.