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| * Bivalved Crustacea (related to the modern barnacle but are not attached to any substrate), free swimming but mainly benthonic, very rarely planktonic | * Bivalved Crustacea (related to the modern barnacle but are not attached to any substrate), free swimming but mainly benthonic, very rarely planktonic | ||
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| + | //Left: An SEM photo of a recent ostracod. The carapace (shell) is usually separated from its partner on fossilisation. The animal itself is around 0.5mm in length. Right: Ostracods living on marine algae. The algae provides a “home” while the ostracods excrete nutrients for the algae.// | ||
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