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_MG_5444.jpg - Fairy shrimp, female,  Eubranchipus vernalis .  The female fairy shrimp is identified by the brood pouch with eggs.  Fairy shrimp filter-feed on detritus in a vernal pool.  Their encysted eggs drop to the pool bottom and must dry before hatching when re-submerged.  This wet-dry component of their life cycle obligates them to live in temporary wetlands.

Fairy shrimp, female, Eubranchipus vernalis. The female fairy shrimp is identified by the brood pouch with eggs. Fairy shrimp filter-feed on detritus in a vernal pool. Their encysted eggs drop to the pool bottom and must dry before hatching when re-submerged. This wet-dry component of their life cycle obligates them to live in temporary wetlands. Download
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