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Ostracoda are a diverse ( >40,000 species) class of crustaceans. They are known from the Cambrian, and recent ostracodes dwell in all possible aquatic biotopes, from oceanic hadal to humid land biotopes and subterranean waters, in which they form specific complexes of species.
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Schornikov, E.I. (2000). Ostracoda as Indicators of Conditions and Dynamics of Water Ecosystems. In: Martin, R.E. (eds) Environmental Micropaleontology. Topics in Geobiology, vol 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4167-7_9
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