Ostracod emerging from its shell

Group: Seed shrimps · Ostracoda

What you see

Recorded on 17 December 2025. This loop is the whole 0:18 recording.

Points to check against your own sample:

  • Scuttle over the bottom or swim steadily.
  • Body entirely inside a bivalved shell; only legs and antennae stick out.

Full description and look-alikes: Seed shrimps.

Credit line

Video: ShakiAaa / Wikimedia Commons

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