Calanoid Copepods - Epischura lacustris

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Maxillopods (Maxillopoda) » Copepods (Copepoda) » Calanoid copepods (Calanoida) » Temoridae » Epischura » Epischura lacustris

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Copyright © 2011 Stephen Luk

Calanoid Copepods - Epischura lacustris -

Port Severn, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
July 16, 2011
Size: 2.0 mm

Collected in plankton tow. Female above, male below. A tiny dinoflagellate Ceratium sp. (lower left), by comparison, is about 250μm long.

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 29 July, 2011 - 7:50am

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