Class: Crustacea

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Class Crustacea Subclass
Copepoda
Order Eucopepoda
Suborder
Calanoida Female calanoid copepods. Description
Plate 019a. Ventral view of a female calanoid
copepod (Arctodiaptomus
sp). Plate 019a. Ventral view of female
calanoid, note small 5th legs. Plate 019c. The
1st antennae (right) and female calanoid (in
berry) carrying single egg
mass, typical of all calanoid species. Plate
019c. Female Arctodiaptomus sp., a calanoid
copepod Female calanoid copepods are
very hard to distinguish as most characteristic
of the species is the right 5th leg of the male.
Generally the female is determined by the
presence of the male.
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Plate 019a. Ventral view of a female calanoid
copepod (Arctodiaptomus sp).
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5th leg
Plate 019a. Ventral view of female calanoid,
note small 5th legs.
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Plate 019c. The 1st antennae (right) and female
calanoid (in berry) carrying
single egg mass, typical of all calanoid species.
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Plate 019c. Female Arctodiaptomus sp., a
calanoid copepod.