Once upon a time there lived a little crustacean inside a little shell. This is not a usual state of affairs for a crustacean. Most are clad in figure-hugging armor (like lobsters or crabs), but they ...

Deep-sea ostracods, minute bivalved crustaceans, have emerged as significant indicators of past and present oceanographic conditions. Their calcareous carapaces are preserved in sedimentary records, ...

Freshwater ostracods, the bivalved crustaceans ubiquitous in diverse aquatic habitats, have gained prominence as both contemporary ecological sentinels and as agents in palaeoenvironmental ...