Noun: seed shrimp
- Tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
"Seed shrimp are often used as indicators of water quality in ecological studies";
- mussel shrimp, ostracod
Derived forms: seed shrimps
Type of: crustacean
Part of: Ostracoda, subclass Ostracoda
Encyclopedia: Seed shrimp