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HARPACTICOIDE [1 record]

Record 1 1985-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
OBS

harpacticoida: an order of minute copepod crustaceans of variable form, but generally being linear and more or less cylindrical.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
DEF

Crustacé de très petite taille (2 mm au plus), vivant sur le fond et dans les interstices des sédiments, aussi bien en eau douce que dans la mer. (Les harpacticoïdes, dont on connaît plus de 2000 espèces, forment le sous-ordre des copépodes.

Spanish

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