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Found this guy when I was looking at some weird slime I have growing on my rocks. Any idea what it is?
 

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Was it kind of small? It kind of looks like an Ostracod.
 
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It was small. You could just barely see it with the naked eye. Didn't even notice it until I put it under the microscope
 
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Here is another picture. This was under microscope at virtually no magnification (1x)
 

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This was my Ostracod and that's my finger.

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This is my picture enlarged.

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They're cool, BTW. They just feed amongst the detritus.
 

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