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The word ostracod comes from the Ancient-Greek ὀστρακώδης ("covered with shell").

Ostracod species, as bivalved, small crustaceans, do not die in low-oxygen, warm waters.

They have the common name "seed shrimp." That name indicates their seed-like, tiny appearance and their shrimp-like movements.

The word isopod comes from the Latin isopoda, from the Ancient Greek ἴσος πούς "equal foot").

Isopod species frequent shallow, stable, warm aquatic environments.

Isopod species include Asellus ("donkey-small/-young"; Latin asinus -lus).

For those asking about freshwater-crustacean prey, online information associates Devils-Hole crustaceans with amphipod, isopod, ostracod species.

The word amphipod comes from the Latin amphipoda, from the Ancient-Greek ἀμφί πούς ("all-around foot").

Amphipod species frequent shallow, warm aquatic habitats.

Amphipod species include Gammarus ("lobster"; Latin gammarus) and Hyalella ("glass-small"; Greek ὑαλή ελλα).

The fifth section of the wizzley text lists as standard likeables in green-ringtail possum lunches the following:
Candlenuts (Aleurites rockinghamensis);
Plentiful (Ficus copiosa) and white sandpaper (Ficus fraseri) figs;
Rose tamarinds (Arytera divaricate).

The sixth section mentions as alternative or supplementary munchies the following:
Flame kurrajong (Brachychiton acerifolius);
Gympie stinger (Dendrocnide moroides);
Pepperwood (Cinnamomum laubatii);
Red tulip oak (Tarrietia argyrodendron);
Shining-leafed stinging (Dendrocnide photinophylla).

The English translation of the French original in the comment box below is as follows:
"(1) Sumatran Elephant (Elephas sumatranus): It resembles the Asian mainland elephant in the general shape of the skull; but the free part of the intermaxillary bones is much shorter and narrower; the nasal cavities are much less wide; the space between the eye orbits is narrower; the posterior part of the skull, on the contrary, is wider than in the mainland species.
By the shape of their crowns, the molars are closer to the Asian species than to the one peculiar to Africa; that is, their crowns offer the shape of wavy ribbons rather than diamonds: but these ribbons are the same width as those seen on the crowns of the teeth of the African Elephant; they are consequently less numerous than in the mainland Asian elephant. The dimensions of these ribbons, in the anteroposterior direction, compared to those taken in the transverse and lateral directions, are in a ratio of 3 or 4 to 1; whereas in the mainland elephant, they are as 4 or 6 to 1. The total length of six of these ribbons, in the new Sumatra species, as well as in the African one, is about 12 centimeters, whereas this length is only 8 to 10 centimeters in the mainland Asian species.
The other osteological forms are pretty much the same in the three species; but there is a difference in the number of bones making up the skeleton, as the attached comparative table proves."

Footnote 1 on page 91 displays the Temminck description:
"(1) Elbphas Sokatràhus Nob. reMemble par la forme générale da crâne k l'Eléphant du continent de l'Asie; mais la partie libre des intermaxillaires est beaucoup plus 'courte et plus étroite ; les cafités nasales sont beaucoup moins larges ; l'espace entre les orbites des yeux est plus étroit ; la partie postérieure du crâne au contraire est plus large que dans l'espèce du continent.

Les machelières se rapprochent , par la forme de leur couronne ^ plutôt de l'espèce asiatique que de celle qui est propre à l'Afrique ; c'est-à-dire que leur couronne offre la forme de rubans ondoyés et non pas en losange: mais ces rubans sont de la largeur de ceux qu'on Toit à la couronne des dents de l'Eléphant d'Afrique; ils sont conséquemment moins nombreux que dans celui du continent de l'Asie. Les dimensions de ces rubans , dans la direction d'avant en arrière , comparées à celles prises dans la direction transversale et latérale, sont en raison de 3 ou 4 à 1 ; tandis que dans l'Eléphant du continent elles sont conmie 4 ou 6 à 1. La longueur totale de six de ces rubans , dans l'espèce nouvelle de Sumatra , ainsi que dans celle d'Afrique, est d'environ 12 centimètres , tandis que cette longueur n'est que de 8â 10 centimètres dans l'espèce du continent de l'Asie.

Les autres formes ostéologiques sont â peu près les mômes dans les trois espèces; mais il y a différence dans le nombre des os dont le squelette se compose, ainsi que le tableau comparatif ci-joint l'éprouve."

The Temminck description appears in his Coup-d'oeil général sur les possessions néerlandaises dans l'Inde archipélagique. tome second, Leide: A. Arne & Comp., 1847.

The scientific classification Elephas maximus sumatranus derives from Conraad Jacob Temminck (Tue., Mar 31, 1778-Sat., Jan. 30, 1858) in the year 1847.

For those asking how giant pandas position themselves in sleeping poses, three body placements generally persist.

Giant pandas sometimes realize ball-like, curled-up recreations.

Other times they sleep on their left or their right sides.

And still other times they turn on their backs.

So back-, balled-, left sided-, right sided-sleeping works for giant pandas.

Wildlife reserve- and zoo-abiding giant pandas access such sleeping abodes as indoor dens, raised platforms or soft bedding even as they sometimes fall asleep amid bamboo folliage and in wildlife-reserve or zoo trees.

Giant pandas sometimes fall asleep within dense bamboo thickets.

Bamboo thickets thereby give them comfortable, protective cover and proximitous food.

Sometimes giant pandas climb forest or woodland trees even as they configure themselves on low, sturdy branches.

Giant pandas, like cat-family members, know how to keepsake their balance even as they know how to keep their limbs in equal-weighted positions.

Giant pandas sometimes fall asleep on the forest floor even as they sometimes favor there fitting away from or close to such large natural features as comfortable, protective, supportive trees with heaved roots

For those asking about giant-panda sleeping habitats, there are no giant panda-architectured dens.

Giant pandas fall asleep in natural caves, under rock overhangs or within hollow trees even as they never fit together such a thing as a hibernating or a sleeping den.

For those asking about giant-panda sleep patterns, online information describes them as doing sleep duty in 2- to 4-hour divisions.

Giant pandas perhaps get daily sleep of 6 to 12 hours even as they get up for meal hours and go back to sleep between those hours.