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  2. Copepod - Wikipedia

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    Copepod. Copepods (/ ˈkoʊpəpɒd /; 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), several species have parasitic phases, and some continental species may live in limnoterrestrial ...

  3. Calanoida - Wikipedia

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    Description. Calanoids can be distinguished from other planktonic copepods by having first antennae at least half the length of the body and biramous second antennae. [ 2 ] However, their most distinctive anatomical trait is the presence of a joint between the fifth and sixth body segments. [ 3 ] The largest specimens reach 18 millimetres (0.71 ...

  4. Marine food web - Wikipedia

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    Marine food web. The pelagic food web, showing the central involvement of marine microorganisms in how the ocean imports nutrients from and then exports them back to the atmosphere and ocean floor. A marine food web is a food web of marine life. At the base of the ocean food web are single-celled algae and other plant-like organisms known as ...

  5. Neocalanus plumchrus - Wikipedia

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    Description. Neocalanus plumchrus is considered a large copepod, [3] with females generally ranging from about 4 to 6.3 millimetres (0.16 to 0.25 in) in length. The males are usually between about 4.2 and 5 millimetres (0.17 and 0.20 in) in length. [4] Stage V copepodites usually are more than 4.3 millimetres (0.17 in) in length. [5]

  6. Diel vertical migration - Wikipedia

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    Diel vertical migration (DVM), also known as diurnal vertical migration, is a pattern of movement used by some organisms, such as copepods, living in the ocean and in lakes. The adjective "diel" (IPA: / ˈdaɪ.əl /, / ˈdiː.əl /) comes from Latin: diēs, lit. 'day', and refers to a 24-hour period. The migration occurs when organisms move up ...

  7. 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).

  8. Sea louse - Wikipedia

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    Euryphoridae. Sea lice (singular: sea louse) are copepods (small crustaceans) of the family Caligidae within the order Siphonostomatoida. They are marine ectoparasites (external parasites) that feed on the mucus, epidermal tissue, and blood of host fish. The roughly 559 species in 37 genera include around 162 Lepeophtheirus and 268 Caligus ...

  9. Category:Copepods - Wikipedia

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    Copepods are cosmopolitan crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda. Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. C. Calanoida‎ ...

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