Copepod

Pseudodiaptomus ardjuna

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

A tiny planktonic copepod, it drifts in inshore waters and saline creeks where salinity and temperature swing through the day. It grows most abundant in late winter in the Gulf of Mannar, where swarms feed the larger animals of the coastal food web.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Copepoda › Calanoida › Pseudodiaptomidae › Pseudodiaptomus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 355132.