minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
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copepod::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | copepod crustacean |
| Type of | crustacean |
| Has types | britt, water flea, cyclops, fish louse, brit |
Examples of copepod
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Non-predatory copepod deaths accounted for more than ten percent of all mortality.
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Another copepod, Copilia, has two lenses in each eye, arranged like those in a telescope.
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In the middle of the image a copepod escapes successfully to the left.
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This female also carries an ectoparasite copepod on its dorsal fin.
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The finding provides a more accurate view of how copepod abundance changes throughout the year.
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The inset at upper right shows a side view of a lure, which closely resembles a swimming copepod.
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The position of the copepod before the jump is marked with white and after the jump with black.
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A copepod nauplius larva, as it looks when magnified 800 times.
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In recent years, scientists have focused particularly on which copepod species inhabit Disko Bay.
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- Minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
- Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. Many species are planktonic (drifting in sea waters), but more are benthic (living on the ocean floor), and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial ...
- (Copepods) Small aquatic crustaceans of the Class Copepoda.
- (copepods) Small shrimp-like crustaceans. An important food source for some baleen whales.
- (Copepods) Any of the numerous minute marine and freshwater crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda, having an elongated body and a forked tail.
- (Copepods) Small crustaceans that somewhat resemble shrimp. There are many species, both freshwater and marine. Copepods swim with a 'jerky' motion and are an important link in many aquatic food chains. Most familiar to newt keepers is Cyclops.
- (Copepods) minute shrimp-like crustaceans; often they are the most common zooplankton in estuarine waters
- (copepods) A family of enormously abundant tiny crustaceans.
- (copepods) A group of mostly free-living planktonic crustaceans that forms an essential link in the food chains of lakes and ocean.
