Calanoid Copepod

Pseudodiaptomus marinus

• Group: Other

This small copepod changes how it eats as it grows, cruising for food as a larva and grabbing passing particles as an adult. It drifts in the plankton and feeds mainly on phytoplankton.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 360352.