copepoda
Noun
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Minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans (synset 101999046)
is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more ordersmember holonym:
- copepod, copepod crustacean - minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
- genus cyclops - copepod water fleas
- branchiura, order branchiura - copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes
belongs to: class crustacea, crustacea - class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleassame as: subclass copepoda
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