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The main diversity of ostracods is in marine habitats. Although water fleas (Daphnia, etc.) and clam shrimp (cladocerans) are more familiar freshwater bivalved crustaceans, there are freshwater and even terrestrial ostracods (known from humid areas in Australia and New Zealand, I think). They can be prey for predatory mollusks and are useful paleontological indicators (age and habitat), so they are good for something besides just confusing folks interested in small bivalves.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
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