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Copepoda
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Co-pep′o-da
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] an oar +
-poda
.] (Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine.
☞ They have a distinct carapace. The eggs are carried in a pair of external pouches. Some are parasites of fishes.
Definition 2024
Copepoda
Copepoda
Translingual
Proper noun
Copepoda
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Maxillopoda – very many aquatic crustacea.
Hypernyms
- (subclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Maxillopoda - class
Hyponyms
- (subclass): Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Gelyelloida, Harpacticoida, Misophrioida, Monstrilloida, Mormonilloida, Platycopioida, Poecilostomatoida, Siphonostomatoida (orders)
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521