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Abstract
A huge subclass of mostly marine CRUSTACEA, containing over 14,000 species. The 10 orders comprise both planktonic and benthic organisms, and include both free-living and parasitic forms. Planktonic copepods form the principle link between PHYTOPLANKTON and the higher trophic levels of the marine food chains.
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- Copepods
- Copepod
- Copepodas
- Calanoida
- Cyclopoida
- Harpacticoida
- Lepeophtheirus salmonis
- Mesocyclops
- Salmon Louse
- Siphonostomatoida
- Calanoidas
- Cyclopoidas
- Harpacticoidas
- Lepeophtheirus salmoni
- Louse, Salmon
- Louses, Salmon
- Mesocyclop
- Salmon Louses
- Siphonostomatoidas
- salmoni, Lepeophtheirus
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18 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.
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History Note
2003
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Previous Indexing
- Crustacea (1965-2002)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Copepoda. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D033342. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D033342
- Copepoda. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copepod
- Copepoda. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189973