Branchiopod

Pseudevadne tergestina

• Group: Other

This tiny branchiopod drifts in the plankton, hunting with cylindrical limbs that end in rigid claws to seize its prey. Little is settled about its diet, though it likely takes microscopic animals and perhaps some plant matter.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Branchiopoda › Onychopoda › Podonidae › Pseudevadne

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 106278.