OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 48453

ostracod

Meanings (ES + gloss)
ostracod
Any of many small crustaceans, of the class Ostracoda, that resemble a shrimp enclosed in a bivalve shell.
Considering all the ecological data, there seems to be an evolution in the associations of ostracods throughout time.
This study has also shown that the fifth limb is most probably of thoracic origin and hence ostracods have only one pair of maxillae.
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