Tag Archives: invertebrates

Surveys in Cambridgeshire for two Red Data Book invertebrates: The spider Tapinocyboides pygmaeus and the fairy shrimp Chirocephalus diaphanus (JNCC report)

Surveys in Cambridgeshire for two Red Data Book invertebrates: The spider Tapinocyboides pygmaeus and the fairy shrimp Chirocephalus diaphanus (JNCC report)

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My Fairy shrimp (from Brazil) By Herc – HD video – ホウネンエビ

They were born and grew at my home

Does an ocellus provide any directional information for an organism?

An Ocellus is a simple eye in many invertebrates. Everywhere I research, it says that these eyes provide no information about the direction light is coming from. But I’ve tested this with larval brine shrimp (which supposedly only have ocelli) and they do seem to be able to orient themselves towards the light!

I’M STUMPED, HELP!

macroinvertebrate and crustacean activity

Macroinvertebrates consist of hundreds of species that can be found in vernal pools. In this video try and find the fairy shrimp, mosquito larvae, water mites, copepods, chironomid midges, and so much more! Macroinvertebrates are key to the vernal pool ecosystem as they help decompose the leaf litter and provide food for amphibians, reptiles, and birds.

fairy shrimp, chilling out

Some Thai fairy shrimps hanging out with there mates including ramshorn snails, water lice, gammarus shrimp, gammarus pulex and daphnia.
(fairy shrimp are like freshwater sea monkeys)