Crustaceans

Clam Shrimp

common name: Clam Shrimp
scientific name: Cyzicus californicus (California Clam Shrimp), Lynceus brachyurus (Lentil Clam Shrimp)
phylum: Arthropoda
subphylum: Crustacea
class: Branchiopoda
order: Conchostraca

Copepods

common name: Copepods
scientific name: many different vernal pool species, most without name
phylum: Arthropoda
subphylum: Crustacea
class: Copepoda
habitat: vernal pools, lakes, ponds, oceans

Fairy Shrimp

common name: Fairy Shrimp
scientific names: Linderiella occidentalis, Branchinecta lindahli, and other species
phylum: Arthropoda
subphylum: Crustacea
class: Branchiopoda
order: Anostraca

Seed Shrimp

common name: Seed Shrimp
scientific name: many different vernal pool species, few with names
phylum: Arthropoda
subphylum: Crustacea
class: Ostracoda
order: Podocopida

Vernal Pool Tadpole Shrimp

common name: Vernal Pool Tadpole Shrimp
scientific name: Lepidurus packardi
phylum: Arthropoda
subphylum: Crustacea
class: Branchiopoda
order: Notostraca
habitat: vernal pools

Water Flea

common name: Water Flea
scientific name: Simocephalus, Daphnia and other unnamed species
phylum: Arthropoda
subphylum: Crustacea
class: Branchiopoda
order: Cladocera
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Healthy vernal pools don't support mosquitoes

A female Mosquito rarely lays her eggs in the clean water of a healthy vernal pool.  But when a vernal pool becomes polluted, more Mosquito larvae occur in it.

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