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United Kingdom · Nature & Wildlife · Hard
Which species of tiny freshwater shrimp, listed in the IUCN Red List, survives in a single site ΓÇö a 30-metre-square pond in the Preseli Hills of Wales?
Answer: Fairy shrimp — The fairy shrimp (Chirocephalus diaphanus) lives only in temporary pools that dry out each summer, surviving as dormant eggs in the mud until the rains return.
- A Tadpole shrimp
- B Water flea
- C Fairy shrimp ✓
- D Freshwater louse
The fairy shrimp (Chirocephalus diaphanus) lives only in temporary pools that dry out each summer, surviving as dormant eggs in the mud until the rains return.