What kind of crustaceans are those?

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After zoa dipping dead crustaceans flew off of it, looks like freshwater triops or some kind of isopod with a shell, anyone know who can it be more specifically? Maybe they are harming?

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After zoa dipping dead crustaceans flew off of it, looks like freshwater triops or some kind of isopod with a shell, anyone know who can it be more specifically? Maybe they are harming?

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Ostracods - harmless/beneficial; good clean up crew members.
 

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