copepods
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 sediments), several species have ...
belonging to the family
Corycaeidae
Corycaeidae is a family of cyclopoid copepods in the order Cyclopoida
The Cyclopoida are an order of small crustaceans from the class Copepoda. Like many other copepods, members of Cyclopoida are small, planktonic animals living both in the se ...
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The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
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Species:
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Agetus flaccus
''Agetus'' is a genus of copepods belonging to the family Corycaeidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*'' Agetus flaccus''
*''Agetus limbatus
''Agetus'' is a genus of copepods belonging to the family Corycaeidae. ...
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Agetus limbatus
''Agetus'' is a genus of copepods belonging to the family Corycaeidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of t ...