ephippia
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thumb|right|Resting egg pouch (ephippium) and the juvenile daphnid that just hatched from it
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thumb|right|Resting egg pouch (ephippium) and the juvenile daphnid that just hatched from it
left|thumb|Female Daphnia longispina carrying a resting egg (ephippium). The two dark, oval spots on the ephippium mark the places where the two resting eggs are located. The female was collected in a rock pool in south-western Finland. The animal is about 2 mm long.
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