(from the article `fairy shrimp`) ...(about 1 inch) or more in length. They occur in freshwater ponds of Europe, Central Asia, western North America, the drier regions of Africa, and ... ...with their trunk limbs, which beat in a rhythm so that jets of water are forced out sideways and backward from the spaces between the limbs to ... ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/74