1) Arthropod genus 2) Genus triops 3) Living fossil
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Triops is a genus of small crustaceans in the order Notostraca (tadpole shrimp). Some species are considered living fossils, with a fossil record that reaches back to the late Carboniferous, {Ma|300}. ==Relatives and fossil record== The genus Triops can be distinguished from the only other genus of Notostraca, Lepidurus, by the form of the telson,...
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(from the article `crustacean`) ...paddy embankments, they allow water to drain away, thus exposing the roots of the plants to the sun; if near the coast, salt water may thus be ...
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(pronounced TRI-ops) Triops (Triops longicaudatus) are small, freshwater crustaceans (often found in rice fields) that look a little like trilobites . Also called tadpole shrimp, they are branchiopods with a hard exoskeleton, and sturdy mandibles (jaws). They eat animals and plants, and are sometimes cannibalistic. Their life span is about 20 to 40...
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n] - type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye
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genus Triops noun type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye
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