Vernal+Pool+Fairy+Shrimp

The Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp (//Branchinecta lynch) //  //Location or Habitat: the vernal pool shrimp is presently found in wetlands in the states of Oregon and Californian. There is no historic date concerning the Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp so only the present habitat is known. They live in wetlands but more specifically in vernal pools.   // //Niche (role of organism): Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp have very short lives; the adults usually live for only one season. Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp are about one inch in length and defenseless so they usually live in small ponds were there are no predators. There predators are aquatic vertebrate. Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp swim on their backs using 11 pairs of swimming legs. The average vernal pool Fairy Shrimp takes about 41 ays before it matures and can reproduce. Towards the end of their lives female vernal pool fairy shrimp lay eggs that are also know as cysts this occurs near the end of spring. Cysts do no hatch till the rain comes in fall. //