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Leptodiaptomus nudus
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Maxillopoda
Subclass Copepoda
Order Calanoida
Family Diaptomidae
Distinguishing Characteristics
  • Each caudal ramus with five setae
  • Third segment from the end of the right antenna has a slender, curved process, which is usually pointed. The process is usually shorter than the second segment from the end
  • Both terminal processes of the left fifth exopod digitiform and blunt
  • Right fifth endopod shorter than the first segment of the exopod
  • Specimen is approximately 1 mm long
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