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Copepod vs Calanoid - What's the difference?

copepod | calanoid |

As nouns the difference between copepod and calanoid

is that copepod is any of very many small crustaceans, of the subclass copepoda , that are widely distributed and ecologically important; they include the water fleas while calanoid is any of the order calanoida of copepods with a joint between the fifth and sixth body segments.

copepod

English

Noun

(wikipedia copepod) (en noun)
  • Any of very many small crustaceans, of the subclass Copepoda , that are widely distributed and ecologically important; they include the water fleas

    • Derived terms

    * copepodid * copepodite

    calanoid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the order Calanoida of copepods with a joint between the fifth and sixth body segments.