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resembling a shrimp

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  • A Lyssianasid amphipod, a shrimp-like creature can be seen swimming in this video.
  • Take the bizarre and minuscule shrimp-like creature called Ceratonotus steiningeri.
  • They are small, laterally compressed crustaceans with a shrimp-like appearance, but without a carapace.
  • Krill oil is oil from krill, what are tiny, shrimp-like creatures that make up most of the biomass of the ocean.
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