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This is an interesting one that has some contradicting information. This subspecies has recently been split into two different lineages, T. c. simplex and T. mauritanicus simplex, but if I were to guess this individual is part of the former. Some literature classifies it as its own species T. simplex. Some sources claim this is a gonochoric species, but this one is a hermaphrodite

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[โ€“] Notostraca 2 points 9 months ago

Yes it's a tadpole shrimp! There have been efforts for conservation breeding of the shrimp in the UK, but I couldn't tell you if they still are/ever got into operation. Although probabaly not simplex, they could be their own subspecies of cancriformis. Triops taxonomy is pretty messy ๐Ÿ˜