Along with T. longicaudatus, and L. apus, this is the most widespread and common of the triops. Next to T. longicaudatus, it is the most studied. It also shares the honor of being considered a rice crop pest with T. longicaudatus. Notable in that it is probably the “proto-triops” from which all the others have evolved in the past 200 or so million years, it is also the oldest known living species of any animal.
Major species
Triops cancriformis
Subspecies
- Triops cancriformis cancriformis
- Triops cancriformis mauretanicus
- Triops cancriformis simplex
Range
- Africa
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Asia
- India (?)
- Japan
- Russia
- Europe
- Austria
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- England
- France
- Germany
- Hungaria
- Italy
- Macedonia
- Portugal
- Scandinavia
- Scotland
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Yugoslavia
- Israel
- Maltese Islands
Habitat
Temporary fresh or brackish waters
Temperature range
Minimum Temp: 10°C (50°F) Maximum Temp: 28°C (82°F)
Body ring/segments
32 – 35; 4 – 9 apodous
Appendages
48 – 57
Notable characters
Furca generally long
Reproduction
Bisexual (often female biased), hermaphroditic, and unisexual
Life span
Approximately 100 days. Usually half that in a Aquarium.
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