Oncaea venusta
| Oncaea venusta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Maxillopoda |
| Subclass: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Poecilostomatoida |
| Family: | Oncaeidae |
| Genus: | Oncaea |
| Species: | O. venusta |
| Binomial name | |
| Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843 | |
Oncaea venusta is a species of copepod with a cosmopolitan distribution, but lacking from the Arctic Ocean.[1] Females are 1.1–1.3 millimetres (0.043–0.051 in) long, while males are only 0.8–1.0 mm (0.031–0.039 in) long.[2] The front of the head is unusually wide, and the body is brightly coloured, usually yellow–orange, but sometimes red.[2] O. venusta feeds on a variety of zooplankton and phytoplankton.[2]
References
- ↑ Ruth Böttger-Schnack, Juliana Kouwenberg & Geoff Boxshall (2011). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall, ed. "Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
- 1 2 3 William S. Johnson, Dennis M. Allen & Marni Fylling (2005). "Poecilostomatiod [sic] copepods". [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=A8iGP6acatgC&pg=PA160 Zooplankton of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts: a Guide to their Identification and Ecology]. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 160–161. ISBN 978-0-8018-8168-8.
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