There’s only one freshwater hermit crab, Clibanarius fonticola, which is native to Vanuatu. Hermit crabs are omnivorous scavengers, eating microscopic mussels and clams, bits of dead animals ...

A type of zooplankton, Daphnia pulex (a.k.a. the water flea) is a microscopic crustacean whose unique ... to the naked eye but plays a vital role in freshwater ecosystems around the world as ...

Researchers found that 24 percent of freshwater species––including dragonflies, fish, and crustaceans––are vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered due to multiple environmental ...

Freshwater infographic. Sarah Streyle - Conservation International The species studied included fish, decapod crustaceans -- such as crabs, crayfishes and shrimps -- and odonates, such as ...

Researchers assessed the status of 23,496 species of freshwater animals in groups including fishes, crustaceans such as crabs, crayfish and shrimp and insects such as dragonflies and damselflies ...

It evaluated the extinction risk of 23,496 freshwater species of fish, dragonflies, damselflies, crabs, crayfish and shrimp. The study published in the journal Nature found that 24 per cent of ...