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Triops longicaudatus
Crustaceans
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Triops longicaudatus is a freshwater crustacean of the order Notostraca, resembling a miniature horseshoe crab. It has an elongated, segmented body, a flattened, shield-like brownish carapace covering two-thirds of its thorax, and two long filaments on its abdomen, and it is found in freshwater ponds and pools, often in places where few other higher forms of life can survive.
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