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Calanoid
Cyclopoid
Harpacticoid
CALANOIDA
Include 40 families
About 1800 species of both
marine and freshwater
copepods.
Dominant in plankton,
making up 55%-95% of
plankton samples.
Therefore important in many
food webs.
Many commercial fishes are
dependent on calanoid
copepods for their diet. Such
as whales.
CALANOID Body features
Largest species reach 18mm. But
most are 0.5-2.0 mm
Ovoid body
Movable joint behind the 6th and
last segment of thorax
First antennae are long and atleast
half the length of their body
Biramous second antennae
Abdomen has 4 segments prior to
telson
Eggs in female are carried in a
single cluster
CYCLOPOIDA
Small, planktonic
Sea and freshwater habitat
Capable of rapid movement
Embryos are carried in paired or single
sacs attached to first abdominal somite.
CYCLOPOID Body Features
First antennae shorter than length of
head and thorax
Uniramous second antennae.
Movable joint between the 5th and 6th
segments
Paired egg sacs
Abdomen or urosome has 5 or 6
segments sometimes fused, anterior to
telson
HARPACTICOIDA
Benthic copepods
Marine and freshwater
Few are planktonic or live in association with
other organisms
HARPACTICOID Body Features
No noticeable division between the body region
Minute in size
Possess shortened par of first antennae
Second pair of antennae are biramous
Typically have a wide abdomen
Somewhat wormlike body
Diferrences