10 January 2012

Tuesday Crustie: Duck


An odd looking shrimp by the name of Leander plumosus. A quick look through science databases reveals nothing about it, except its name in geographic species checklists. What could the function of that large front end be? There’s at least a master’s thesis in that for some student.

Photo by PacificKlaus on Flickr; used under a Creative Commons license.

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