How do spinicaudate branchiopods feed?

Spinicaudate branchiopods, commonly known as clam shrimp, feed primarily through filter feeding.12

These crustaceans possess a bivalved carapace that encloses their body, within which they carry up to 28 pairs of leaflike trunk limbs. These limbs serve as multipurpose flaps that facilitate respiration, locomotion, and feeding. To gather food, the limbs act in coordination to filter microscopic particles from the water, scraping or otherwise collecting them into a ventral food groove that transports the particles to the mouth. The mandibles, which contain the strongest and thickest parts of the exoskeleton, are then used for biting or crushing the gathered food.13