Ostracods come in a wide range including herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and scavengers. Most ostracods are scavengers that eat anything they ca...

You can find ostracods in almost every aquatic environment on the planet including on the seafloor, estuaries and shallow waters, rivers, lakes, po...

Ostracods are primarily omnivorous scavengers that wander around in search of food. They are almost completely harmless and serve an important role...

The first ostracod fossils date back to the Ordovician Period, approximately 485 million years ago.

Marine ostracods can be part of the zooplankton, but usually part of the benthos, meaning they live in or on the seafloor.