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A large class of small aquatic crustaceans, many of which occur in plankton and some of which are parasitic on larger aquatic animals.
‘Monstrilloid copepods represent one of the ten orders of Copepoda currently recognized.’
‘In insects the Orthoptera (especially grasshoppers), and in crustaceans the Decapoda (especially caridean shrimps), Stomatopoda (mantis shrimps) and calanoid Copepoda, are the only groups to far exceed a typically small range.’
‘Hemoglobins have been described in a select number of crustacean groups, including the Branchiopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, Cirrepedia, and Decapoda.’
‘The Copepoda are an incredibly numerous group of crustaceans.’
‘However, cladistic analysis indicates that the Cycloidea possibly belong within the Crustacea as a sister group of the Copepoda.’
Origin
Modern Latin, from Greek kōpē ‘handle, oar’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’ (because of its paddle-like feet).