Pioneer Life of the Tadpole Shrimps, Triops Spp. (Notostraca: Triopsidae)

Abstract

Tadpole shrimps (Triops spp.) are aquatic animals which appear in paddy fields a few days after the flooding and ploughing. Their growth, oviposition, hatching of eggs, and the environmental conditions which stimulate egg hatching were analyzed especially in T. granarius and T. longicaudatus to test the hypothesis that tadpole shrimps are pioneer animals in a temporary water pool. © 1977, JAPANESE SOCIETY OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY. All rights reserved.