- and the
suffix -oid (akin to) and
means reminiscent of a
predator .
Harpacticoids are
distinguished from
other copepods by the
presence of only a very...
-
meaning they stay
planktonic for all of
their lifecycles,
although harpacticoids,
although free-living, tend to be
benthic rather than planktonic. During...
- the surface, and
smaller halacarid mites.
Juveniles consume larger harpacticoids and
isopods after they have
absorbed their yolk.
Lumpsuckers are a poorly...
- the sole
species Stygotantulus stocki. It
lives as an
ectoparasite on
harpacticoid copepods of the
families Tisbidae and Canuellidae. It may be the smallest...
- this
species is
apparently only
found in beds of strap-fronded algae.
Harpacticoid copepods comprise the main
component of
their diet. Froese, Rainer; Pauly...
- the
third most
common invertebrate in the
sediment after nematodes and
harpacticoid copepods. In
freshwater they may
reach a
density of 158
individuals per...
-
chiefly includes turbellarians, nematodes, polychaetes, oligochaetes, and
harpacticoids.
Species of
gastrotrichs are also
found in the region.
Common fishes...
- prin****l link
between the
phytoplankton and
higher trophic levels.
Harpacticoids also play an
important role in the
marine meiobenthic food web, especially...
- out in 1979
described the
presence of
Artemia salina,
nematodes and
harpacticoids. The lake has
mineral deposits of
thenardite and ulexite, gypsum, lithium...
- con****uous teeth.
Larval winter flounder are
known to feed on nauplii,
harpacticoids, calanoids, polychaetes,
invertebrate eggs, and phytoplankton. As they...
