copepod
Calanus finmarchicus
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From New Latin Copepoda, coined by Henri Milne-Edwards in the 1830s ↳ Compound: κώπη + πούς κώπη kṓpē: oar, πούς poús: foot, for the oar-like swimming legs
Copepod about 3 mm long, the dominant zooplankton species of the North Atlantic and a key forage species for fish, seabirds and whales.
Lent to: kopepod