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Holy cow! Not on eBay (yet) but Kaiyodo is getting in on the plankton craze (see 'Microcosmos') here: http://www.capsuleq.in/m/index.htmDaphnia is represented again, as is Euglena, but also what looks like a fairy shrimp of sorts and a decapod 'larva'? Not sure what the last thing is, maybe a mollusk 'larva'?
Quote from: bmathison1972 on February 27, 2014, 02:26:09 AMHoly cow! Not on eBay (yet) but Kaiyodo is getting in on the plankton craze (see 'Microcosmos') here: http://www.capsuleq.in/m/index.htmDaphnia is represented again, as is Euglena, but also what looks like a fairy shrimp of sorts and a decapod 'larva'? Not sure what the last thing is, maybe a mollusk 'larva'?From what I could find, there is Daphnia and Euglena, a Harvest shrimp Branchinella, the decapod is Zoea, and the last is a squid larvae (no given genus). Pretty cool actually. The names are there in Japanese characters.
Quote from: sbell on February 27, 2014, 05:51:55 AMQuote from: bmathison1972 on February 27, 2014, 02:26:09 AMHoly cow! Not on eBay (yet) but Kaiyodo is getting in on the plankton craze (see 'Microcosmos') here: http://www.capsuleq.in/m/index.htmDaphnia is represented again, as is Euglena, but also what looks like a fairy shrimp of sorts and a decapod 'larva'? Not sure what the last thing is, maybe a mollusk 'larva'?From what I could find, there is Daphnia and Euglena, a Harvest shrimp Branchinella, the decapod is Zoea, and the last is a squid larvae (no given genus). Pretty cool actually. The names are there in Japanese characters.'Zoea' is a no longer a valid genus; it was originally described as a genus but later found to be the larval stage of a previously-described crab. Today the term zoea is just a generic term for a decapod larva.
....... The Kaiyodo plankton set is in and at the post office (just need to go get it ).
Wow! What a treasure trove of taxa. Several unique species.Beetle guy, thanks for the image of the plankton set.Sbell, thanks for the identifications with scientific names. I have seen the release date given as 2004 on an old auction record.If only the set were available today.
Argh, the Epoch set I've missed out... Stoopid me who didn't buy it when it was still available at YAJ in 2010 or 2011 (because I hadn't really started collecting before 2010). And it was cheap, something like 1000 Yen or so for the entire set... If I remember correctly, we were even discussing the availability of this set back then on the DTF version 1, at least with Sean and Blaine?
Quote from: brontodocus on November 17, 2016, 10:04:52 PMArgh, the Epoch set I've missed out... Stoopid me who didn't buy it when it was still available at YAJ in 2010 or 2011 (because I hadn't really started collecting before 2010). And it was cheap, something like 1000 Yen or so for the entire set... If I remember correctly, we were even discussing the availability of this set back then on the DTF version 1, at least with Sean and Blaine?I think I got it in about 2010. I don't recall seeing others, but I don't recall it being easy to find then. It's such a weird set, and yeah, it seemed like a decent price then, especially given that even the chase figure Cyclops was there!