I raised this from egg.25 mm long Not a crab or a shrimp,a dweller of vernal pools. If a winner, I will send you some eggs and instructions.GROW your own _______.
A clearer picture of the " head".
Fairy shrimp? Oops, you said no shrimp.
Vernal pool fairy shrimp.
I said no crabs,too. Thing is ,the two mentioned are not crabs or shrimp either.
newtoyou wrote:
You are very close.
I'm in Oregon. Odds are you are in Calif. or S. Or.?
I will end it . Mud valley was close. It is Triopes longacaudatus. Available on line and really an odd animal. Thank.
I saw these once in water pools in Utah. Depressions in the rock fill up with water and eggs hatch and these quickly grow. One of the strangest crustaceans.
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