The Calanoida have very long antenna, but most of the time when mounted on a slide they turn onto their side despite my efforts, finally decided to photograph them without a coverslip and got the antenna to spread out laterally. The cyclopoida copepods are often caught close to shore, the Calanoids I have had more luck catching them with a plankton net. The Nauplius larva showing a red light are very rare and you are not likely to see one unless you collect them at night in northern Canada when there is an aurora -
Hope you have a sense of humour. All collected from small freshwater ponds over the summer.
- Calanoid Copepod side view - Family Diaptomidae
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- Calanoida Copepod
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- Copepod eggs DIC microscopy 400X
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- Female Cyclopida copepod with eggs
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- Copepod larva Nauplius - with a red light - Polarization microscopy.
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