Vernal pool fairy shrimp with egg sac

Vernal pool fairy shrimp with an egg sac in a plastic petri dish

Photo By/Credit

Nora Papian/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

A vernal pool fairy shrimp was captured during a vernal pool survey. This is a female vernal pool fairy shrimp as distinguished by the egg sac under the abdomen.

Facility

Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office

Ecosystem

Wetland

Species

Branchinecta lynchi

Subject tags

Crustacea

Wetlands