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Oithona atlantica

Oithona atlantica

Classification

Oithona is a planktonic crustacean genus found in marine, brackish, fresh water environments. Oithona has been described as the most ubiquitous and abundant copepod in the world's oceans. It was first described by Baird in 1843 using the species Oithona plumifera as taxon type.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 2United Kingdom · 1