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Copepoda
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Co`pep´o`da
n. pl.1.(Zool.) An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine.
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Noun1.Copepoda - minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans
subclass Copepoda
class Crustacea, Crustacea - class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas
copepod, copepod crustacean - minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
genus Cyclops - copepod water fleas
Branchiura, order Branchiura - copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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Most of it is due to meeker, but much more plentiful, animals - the tiny krill, copepods, and other small critters that make up the vast majority of organisms swimming in the ocean.
How aquatic animals mix ocean water by Asian News International
Other microscopic plankton, including the minute larvae of fish, shrimp and crabs, and the little copepods on which they feed, peak in abundance, kicking off a feeding frenzy up and down the food chain.
The golden days of Florida fishing by Gilmore, R. Grant / Florida Sportsman
Scientists had thought that tiny, shrimplike copepods, or even animals such as fist-sized jellyfish, had little influence on ocean mixing.
Churning water by the numbers: small swimmers may affect ocean mixing ... by Ehrenberg, Rachel / Science News
 
 
 
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