Table 4.

Comparison of embryogenesis timing between five different ostracod species post-deposition. Species with an asterisk (*) are bioluminescent cypridinids. A dash (−) indicates no data are available.

Species	Cloudy Embryo	Yolk Sep.	Eye Spot Formation	Upper Lip	Limbs	Release	Citation
Vargula tsujii* (Myodocopida: Cypridinidae)	3–4 days	5–8 days	10–18 days	15–19 days	18–23 days	25–38 days	This study
Photeros annecohenae* (Myodocopida: Cypridinidae)	2–3 days	9 days	14–15 days	17 days	—	19 days	32
Vargula hilgendorfii* (Myodocopida: Cypridinidae)	—	1–2 Days	6–8 days	6–8 days	4–5 days	16 days	33
Euphilomedes carcharodonta (Myodocopida: Philomedidae)	—	14 days	58–70 days	—	14–41 days	65–75 days	35
Xestoleberis hanaii (Podocopida: Xestoleberididae)	—	—	—	—	—	9–11 days	38