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copepodCrustacean of the subclass Copepoda, mainly microscopic and found in plankton. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Moreover, the other intermediary hosts of the fish tapeworm, the calanoid copepods Diaptomus diabolicus and Boeckela gracilipes, are also abundant (16). 3) Since the water is so cold, only a few tiny animals like copepods are around to eat the algae. The incidence of cholera in India has been linked to marine copepods as disease vectors of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae (Figure 3). |
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