kopepod

Calanus finmarchicus
#nm_0592📍 Turkey
Language
Turkish
Transliteration
kopepod
IPA
/kopeˈpod/

From English copepod (a small planktonic crustacean) ↳ Compound: κώπη + πούς κώπη kṓpē: oar, πούς poús: foot, roots of New Latin Copepoda

Copepod about 3 mm long, the dominant zooplankton species of the North Atlantic and a key forage species for fish, seabirds and whales.

Borrowed from: copepod

Same species, different names