Microsetella pacifica [Microsetella pacifica]
Description
Microsetella pacifica is a marine copepod species belonging to the family Heterorhabdidae. This species is native to the Pacific Ocean. It is small, typically less than 1 millimeter in length. Microsetella pacifica is pelagic and is known to exhibit diel vertical migration, staying in deeper waters during the day and moving to surface waters at night to feed.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Arthropods
Arthropoda
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Copepods
Copepoda
|
| Order |
Harpacticoida
Harpacticoida
|
| Family |
Ectinosomatidae
Ectinosomatidae
|
| Genus |
Microsetella
Microsetella
|