Editing Notostraca (section)

==Life cycle==
[[File:Collected Eggs of Triops Longicaudatus.JPG|thumb|right|A collection of lake sediment containing the pink eggs of ''Triops longicaudatus'']]
Within the Notostraca, and even within species, there is variation in the mode of reproduction, with some populations [[sexual reproduction|reproducing sexually]], some showing [[self-fertilisation]] of females, and some showing a [[Androdioecy|mix of the two]].<ref name="Light"/><ref>[https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/107/6/518/2622894?login=false Self-Fertilization and the Role of Males in Populations of Tadpole Shrimp (Branchiopoda: Notostraca: Triops)]</ref> The frequency of males in populations is therefore highly variable.<ref name="Pennak"/> In sexual populations, the [[sperm]] leave the male's body through simple pores, there being no [[penis]]. The eggs are released by the female and then held in the cup-like brood pouch.<ref name="Pennak"/> The eggs are retained by the female only for a short time before being laid,<ref name="Ax"/> and the [[crustacean larvae|larvae]] develop directly, without passing through a [[metamorphosis]].<ref name="Lowry"/>