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Cyclops scutifer
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Maxillopoda
Subclass Copepoda
Order Cyclopoida
Family Cyclopidae
Distinguishing Characteristics
   
Ridge on back, dorsal, side of each caudal ramus.   17 antennule segements   Tufts of hair on inner margin of caudal ramus
     
Spine on distal segment of fifth leg equal to length of segment   Minute spinules on distal 3 segements of antennule    
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Additional Notes
  • Found in Great East Lake, Wakefield, New Hampshire and Acton, Maine
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