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2. Copepod - Wikipedia

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   Copepods (/ ˈ k oʊ p ə p ɒ d /; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat.Some species are planktonic (living in the water column), some are benthic (living on the sediments), a number of species have parasitic phases, and some continental species may live in limnoterrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such ...

3. Harpacticoida - Wikipedia

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   Harpacticoida is an order of copepods, in the subphylum Crustacea.This order comprises 463 genera and about 3,000 species; its members are benthic copepods found throughout the world in the marine environment (most families) and in fresh water (essentially the Ameiridae, Parastenocarididae and the Canthocamptidae).

4. Calanoida - Wikipedia

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   Calanoid copepods are the dominant animals in the plankton in many parts of the world's oceans, making up 55–95% of plankton samples. [2] They are therefore important in many food webs, taking in energy from phytoplankton and algae and 'repackaging' it for consumption by higher trophic level predators. [2] Many commercial fish are dependent ...

5. Cyclops (copepod) - Wikipedia

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   Cyclops is one of the most common genera of freshwater copepods, comprising over 400 species. [1][2] Together with other similar-sized non-copepod fresh-water crustaceans, especially cladocera, they are commonly called water fleas. The name Cyclops comes from the Cyclops of Greek mythology, as they have a single large eye; in Cyclops, the eye ...

6. Forage fish - Wikipedia

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   Forage fish, also called prey fish or bait fish, are small pelagic fish that feed on planktons (i.e. planktivores) and other small aquatic organisms (e.g. krill). They are in turn preyed upon by various predators including larger fish, seabirds and marine mammals, this making them keystone species in their aquatic ecosystems.

7. Acartia tonsa - Wikipedia

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   Acartia tonsa is a species of calanoid copepod that can be found in a large portion of the world's estuaries and areas of upwelling where food concentrations are high. [2][3] Like many plankton common to estuarine ecosystems, they can live in a wide range of temperatures and salinities. [2] The wide distribution of Acartia tonsa may be a result ...