Tadpole shrimp egg. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the egg of a tadpole shrimp (Triops cancriformis). Tadpole shrimp are broad, flatte

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Tadpole shrimp egg. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the egg of a tadpole shrimp (Triops cancriformis). Tadpole shrimp are broad, flattened branchiopod crustaceans that are considered living fossils, , having not changed significantly since the Triassic period. Triops cancriformis is found from Europe to the Middle East and India. This specimen measures across.

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Photo credit: © PETR JAN JURACKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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