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- noun Plural form of
ostracod .
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Among the stems and leaves of the ancient mosses, the researchers found fossils of tiny crustaceans called ostracods, fragments of larval casings of mosquito-like flies called midges and a millimeter-wide bit of a beetle shell.
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2009
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Their research has revealed fossilized evidence for reproduction using giant sperm in a group of small aquatic crustaceans, called ostracods, dating back to
Scientific Blogging 2009
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Boy ostracods attract girl ostracods by using flashing lights.
Archive 2009-07-01 doyle 2009
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Boy ostracods use "a special long leg" to pass sperm into girl ostracods.
Puddles doyle 2009
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Boy ostracods use "a special long leg" to pass sperm into girl ostracods.
Archive 2009-07-01 doyle 2009
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Boy ostracods attract girl ostracods by using flashing lights.
Puddles doyle 2009
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Freshwater ostracods go through eight moult stages before they mature.
Crustacea 2008
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While transitions to parthenogenesis are rare in most other animal groups, about one-third of all freshwater ostracods have given up sex.
Crustacea 2008
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Freshwater ostracods are free-living except for members of one group which are commensal on the gills of crayfish.
Crustacea 2008
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Freshwater ostracods are remarkable for their high frequency of species which have abandoned sexual reproduction.
Crustacea 2008
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