Clausocalanus arcuicornis [Clausocalanus arcuicornis]
Description
Clausocalanus arcuicornis is a marine copepod species which can be found in warm-temperate and tropical oceans worldwide. It is known to perform diel vertical migration, moving to deeper waters during the day to avoid predators and returning to the surface at night to feed.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Arthropods
Arthropoda
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Copepods
Copepoda
|
| Order |
Calanoida
Calanoida
|
| Family |
Paracalanidae
Paracalanidae
|
| Genus |
Clausocalanus
Clausocalanus
|