Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic, some are benthic, several species have parasitic phases, and some contine
Веслоногие ракообразные разных видов
Copepods from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur
Egg sac of a copepod
Acanthochondria cornuta, an ectoparasite on flounder in the North Sea
Crustaceans are mandibulate arthropods that are traditionally a part of the paraphyletic subphylum Crustacea. Crustaceans are mainly aquatic, including decapods, seed shrimps, branchiopods, fish lice,
Copepod
…Copepods (; 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…