Ostracods are small, bivalve crustaceans that can inhabit underwater caves.  The ostracod genus Spelaeoecia is know only from marine caves and occurs in Bermuda, the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and Yucatan (Mexico). Photo credit: Tom Iliffe.

Ostracods are small, bivalve crustaceans that can inhabit underwater caves. The ostracod genus Spelaeoecia is know only from marine caves and occurs in Bermuda, the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and Yucatan (Mexico). Image courtesy of Tom Iliffe, Bermuda: Search for Deep Water Caves 2009.

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