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Copepods (/ˈkoʊpəpɒd/;
meaning 'oar-feet') are a
group of
small crustaceans found in
nearly every freshwater and sal****er habitat. Some
species are planktonic...
- most
common genera of
freshwater copepods,
comprising over 400 species.
Together with
other similar-sized non-
copepod fresh-water crustaceans, especially...
- shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles,
copepods,
opossum shrimps,
amphipods and
mantis shrimp. The
crustacean group can...
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Norkus is a
monotypic genus of
marine copepods in the
family Sphyriidae. Its sole species,
Norkus cladocephalus, is a
parasite of the
shovelnose guitarfish...
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often classified as "forage fish".
Forage fish
utilise the biom**** of
copepods,
mysids and
krill in the
pelagic zone to
become the
dominant converters...
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Telson is a
genus of
cyclopoid copepods in the
family Telsidae.
There are at
least two
described species in Telson.
These two
species belong to the genus...
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Gaussia is a
genus of
copepods. The
genus contains bioluminescent species. It is a "characteristic
genus of the mesopelagial",
occurring at
depths of 0–3...
- feed on a
school of
copepods. They swim with
their mouth wide open and
their opercula fully expanded.[citation needed] This
copepod has its
antenna spread...
- king-of-the-salmon feed on
copepods, krill,
small pelagic fishes,
young rockfishes, squid, and octopus,
while small individuals feed on
copepods,
polychaete worms...
- The
black prince copepod (Gaussia princeps) is a
mesopelagic copepod found in
temperate and
tropical waters worldwide. They have been
known to display...
