''Agetus'' is a genus of
copepods
Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthic (living on the ocean floor), a number of species have p ...
belonging to the family
Corycaeidae
Corycaeidae is a family of cyclopoid copepods in the order Cyclopoida. There are about 10 genera and more than 70 described species in Corycaeidae.
Genera
These 10 genera belong to the family Corycaeidae:
* '' Agetus'' Krøyer, 1849
* '' Coryca ...
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The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species:
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Agetus flaccus''
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Agetus limbatus''
*''
Agetus typicus''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q107210021
Copepods