Marine crustacean. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the primitive marine crustacean Derocheilocaris typica. This tiny crustacean lives o

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Marine crustacean. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the primitive marine crustacean Derocheilocaris typica. This tiny crustacean lives on beaches in the spaces between grains of sand. It possess many leg-like appendages which help it to move between the grains. Magnification: x520 at 6x7cm size. x855 at 4x5ins

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Size: 3621px × 4826px
Photo credit: © DAVID SCHARF/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: animal, beach, biology, coloured, crustacean, derocheilocaris, invertebrate, invertebrates, marine, meiofauna, microbiology, microscopic, mystacocarid, mystacocarida, nature, sem, typica, wildlife, zoology