The pools are alive! Eubranchipus fairy shrimp, likely E. vernalis, crowding around my headlamp en masse
March 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The pools are alive! Eubranchipus fairy shrimp, likely E. vernalis, crowding around my headlamp en masse
I study these...I care primarily about these...I'm not a supervillian
August 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I study these...I care primarily about these...I'm not a supervillian
Eubranchipus fairy shrimp with terrifying DORSAL SPINES
December 21, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Eubranchipus fairy shrimp with terrifying DORSAL SPINES
parts of Florida might freeze tonight and you'll NEVER guess what tiny wimpy wormlets actually need to be frozen in order to exit diapause...that's right, it's feefoo
January 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
parts of Florida might freeze tonight and you'll NEVER guess what tiny wimpy wormlets actually need to be frozen in order to exit diapause...that's right, it's feefoo
Eubranchipus vernalis (Branchiopoda: Anostraca). eastern fairy shrimp #macroinvertebrates #fairyshrimp
March 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Eubranchipus vernalis (Branchiopoda: Anostraca). eastern fairy shrimp #macroinvertebrates #fairyshrimp
Eubranchipus stegosus is a fairy shrimp known from two places: two ponds in Worth County, Georgia, and one pond in Taylor County, Florida. I haven't found it on my own yet, but there's almost no way it's naturally restricted to these two places because they're so geologically different.
September 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Eubranchipus stegosus is a fairy shrimp known from two places: two ponds in Worth County, Georgia, and one pond in Taylor County, Florida. I haven't found it on my own yet, but there's almost no way it's naturally restricted to these two places because they're so geologically different.
Most fussy little baby award
April 15, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Most fussy little baby award
Happy Spring! Fairy shrimp (Eubranchipus vernalis) are hatching in the local vernal
ponds
ponds
March 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Happy Spring! Fairy shrimp (Eubranchipus vernalis) are hatching in the local vernal
ponds
ponds
From my foray this weekend. Springtime Fairy Shrimp (Eubranchipus vernalis). This male has claspers to grasp the female in mating. They live briefly in Spring cold waters of vernal pools, eating algae & tiny critters.
#Eubranchipus #Fairyshrimp #crustaceans #aquaticinvertebrates #Bugsky #nature
#Eubranchipus #Fairyshrimp #crustaceans #aquaticinvertebrates #Bugsky #nature
April 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
From my foray this weekend. Springtime Fairy Shrimp (Eubranchipus vernalis). This male has claspers to grasp the female in mating. They live briefly in Spring cold waters of vernal pools, eating algae & tiny critters.
#Eubranchipus #Fairyshrimp #crustaceans #aquaticinvertebrates #Bugsky #nature
#Eubranchipus #Fairyshrimp #crustaceans #aquaticinvertebrates #Bugsky #nature
I study fairy shrimp and clam shrimp. The southeastern USA species have never been properly inventoried, so every few years a new species turns up in some weird location (D. proeliator in FL in 2019, E. stegosus in GA in 2020, E. insularis also in 2020, several other weird things with no names yet).
August 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I study fairy shrimp and clam shrimp. The southeastern USA species have never been properly inventoried, so every few years a new species turns up in some weird location (D. proeliator in FL in 2019, E. stegosus in GA in 2020, E. insularis also in 2020, several other weird things with no names yet).
Some of my favoritist critters - fairy shrimp, Eubranchipus vernalis, one of 2 species found in Massachusetts. Live as adults for a brief ~2 weeks in Spring vernal pools. Much more info. in video Alt.
#fairyshrimp #Eubranchipus
#vernalpools #Massachusetts #iNaturalist
#crustaceans #invertebrates
#fairyshrimp #Eubranchipus
#vernalpools #Massachusetts #iNaturalist
#crustaceans #invertebrates
March 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Some of my favoritist critters - fairy shrimp, Eubranchipus vernalis, one of 2 species found in Massachusetts. Live as adults for a brief ~2 weeks in Spring vernal pools. Much more info. in video Alt.
#fairyshrimp #Eubranchipus
#vernalpools #Massachusetts #iNaturalist
#crustaceans #invertebrates
#fairyshrimp #Eubranchipus
#vernalpools #Massachusetts #iNaturalist
#crustaceans #invertebrates
I'm being silly, talking about Eubranchipus fairy shrimp
January 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I'm being silly, talking about Eubranchipus fairy shrimp
I told the stupid thing to "check GBIF", then "yes" and suddenly WOW NEVER MIND GUYS Dexteria floridana is actually a Florida endemic and thus probably found in Florida, but it's still unconfirmed. lol I'm so angry
![Here are details from the GBIF occurrence records for Dexteria floridana in the United States:
At least some records refer to Florida, as Dexteria floridana is a Florida-endemic fairy shrimp. One record ([key: 1318039860]) is for a preserved specimen and specifies the accepted name as Dexteria floridana, with original synonym Eubranchipus floridanus, collected in the US.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5lfgdslvkgl6swnj36dosno7/bafkreie4ygruz3nckiozkmnkxeyq23sqlr5b3uwul446yri5iqk5tor2vq)
October 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I told the stupid thing to "check GBIF", then "yes" and suddenly WOW NEVER MIND GUYS Dexteria floridana is actually a Florida endemic and thus probably found in Florida, but it's still unconfirmed. lol I'm so angry
I just want to live where I live and study shrimp. I don't need an office, I don't need any equipment besides ethanol and vials, just let me live in central Florida and look for these. I'm so scared to look for a job again but no one pleasant has any money
April 16, 2024 at 1:35 PM
I just want to live where I live and study shrimp. I don't need an office, I don't need any equipment besides ethanol and vials, just let me live in central Florida and look for these. I'm so scared to look for a job again but no one pleasant has any money
Male Eubranchipus shrimp (lower) thinking really hard about trying to mount a male from an entirely separate family of shrimp who is also three times his body length
November 24, 2023 at 10:22 PM
Male Eubranchipus shrimp (lower) thinking really hard about trying to mount a male from an entirely separate family of shrimp who is also three times his body length
Oh yeah, lots! Oregon has a rare namesake species, Eubranchipus oregonus, which is winter-adapted like the ones I work on here in FL. There are also several Streptocephalus (generalists), and Branchinecta gigas, the giant fairy shrimp, in alkali pools probably inland towards Idaho. E oregonus:
January 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Oh yeah, lots! Oregon has a rare namesake species, Eubranchipus oregonus, which is winter-adapted like the ones I work on here in FL. There are also several Streptocephalus (generalists), and Branchinecta gigas, the giant fairy shrimp, in alkali pools probably inland towards Idaho. E oregonus:
Hot off press. Resolution not great . . .but timing was right. Largest concentration of fairy shrimp ( #Eubranchipus) I’ve ever seen. These are likely E. vernalis, the only one of 2 Massachusetts species not listed. Many males; no brood pouches. Early season? March 26, 2025.
#vernalpools #Bugsky 🐞🪰
#vernalpools #Bugsky 🐞🪰
March 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Hot off press. Resolution not great . . .but timing was right. Largest concentration of fairy shrimp ( #Eubranchipus) I’ve ever seen. These are likely E. vernalis, the only one of 2 Massachusetts species not listed. Many males; no brood pouches. Early season? March 26, 2025.
#vernalpools #Bugsky 🐞🪰
#vernalpools #Bugsky 🐞🪰
Eubranchipus holmanii are also present in NJ though I believe they're fairly uncommon?
March 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Eubranchipus holmanii are also present in NJ though I believe they're fairly uncommon?
Knobbedlip Fairy Shrimp 𝐸𝑢𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑦𝑖
Fairy shrimp emerge from dormant eggs in high numbers within spring vernal pools
Fairy shrimp emerge from dormant eggs in high numbers within spring vernal pools
April 28, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Knobbedlip Fairy Shrimp 𝐸𝑢𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑦𝑖
Fairy shrimp emerge from dormant eggs in high numbers within spring vernal pools
Fairy shrimp emerge from dormant eggs in high numbers within spring vernal pools
This week's field find is an Eastern Fairy Shrimp (Eubranchipus vernalis) spotted in the vernal pools in Heartland Forest, Niagara Falls, by one of our Volunteer Corps.
Did you know that fairy shrimp are only found in vernal pools as they provide safe habitat from fish?🦐
#niagaranature #fairyshrimp
Did you know that fairy shrimp are only found in vernal pools as they provide safe habitat from fish?🦐
#niagaranature #fairyshrimp
March 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This week's field find is an Eastern Fairy Shrimp (Eubranchipus vernalis) spotted in the vernal pools in Heartland Forest, Niagara Falls, by one of our Volunteer Corps.
Did you know that fairy shrimp are only found in vernal pools as they provide safe habitat from fish?🦐
#niagaranature #fairyshrimp
Did you know that fairy shrimp are only found in vernal pools as they provide safe habitat from fish?🦐
#niagaranature #fairyshrimp
m8 im literally shrimp
there is no eubranchipus byundi fandom its just me (however if you want icon i can try to draw you one 👉👈)
there is no eubranchipus byundi fandom its just me (however if you want icon i can try to draw you one 👉👈)
August 27, 2025 at 4:55 AM
m8 im literally shrimp
there is no eubranchipus byundi fandom its just me (however if you want icon i can try to draw you one 👉👈)
there is no eubranchipus byundi fandom its just me (however if you want icon i can try to draw you one 👉👈)
Absolutely! They are everywhere on earth, deserts to mainland Antarctica. Vermont probably has Eubranchipus and Streptocephalus fairy shrimp, and dozens of genera of ostracods and copepods
November 7, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Absolutely! They are everywhere on earth, deserts to mainland Antarctica. Vermont probably has Eubranchipus and Streptocephalus fairy shrimp, and dozens of genera of ostracods and copepods
I’m gonna go with this particular Oregon Fairy Shrimp (Eubranchipus oregonus) from when I found a previously undocumented population of them
November 19, 2024 at 7:58 AM
I’m gonna go with this particular Oregon Fairy Shrimp (Eubranchipus oregonus) from when I found a previously undocumented population of them
did some googling and even found a map that tells me I should be looking close to our local river because apparently Eubranchipus grubii likes hanging out there and is quite common. I'll be keeping an eye out 👁️
January 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
did some googling and even found a map that tells me I should be looking close to our local river because apparently Eubranchipus grubii likes hanging out there and is quite common. I'll be keeping an eye out 👁️