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Feeder SoI: Arcitalitrus spp & Talitrus spp - Lawn ShrimFeeder SoI: Arcitalitrus spp & Talitrus spp- Lawn Shrimpthis looks promising enough that i am going to start a feeder species of interest on it 
Arcitalitrus sylvaticus |
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Habitat & Habits
detritivore
require decent moisture but can also drown easily http://bugguide.net/node/view/48652 lack waxy layer to retain moisture http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/misc/amphipods.htm |
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Reproduction
females have a brood pouch eggs deposited in the brood pouch hatch in 1-3 weeks young stay in brood pouch until female molts again, ~8 days later http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/misc/amphipods.htm |
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aa |
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IMAGES
nice picture http://www.morwellnp.pangaean.net...%20in%20Fosters%20Gully#expansion OTHER LINKS BIOLOGY OF TERRESTRIAL AMPHIPODS J. Anthony Friend Alastair M. M. Richardson http://arjournals.annualreviews.o...v.en.31.010186.000325?cookieSet=1 LIT FOR CASH Physiological and Behavioral Ecology of the Terrestrial Amphipod Arcitalitrus sylvaticus (Haswell, 1880) Eric A. Lazo-Wasem Journal of Crustacean Biology, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Aug., 1984), pp. 343-355 (article consists of 13 pages) http://www.jstor.org/pss/1548035 |
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These are really hard to collect... If anyone would like to try and collect some, send me a PM and we can figure out a few hrs for you to try to get some... |
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right now i am envisioning a super pooter kind of thing =P |