Table 3 Percentage distribution of copepod species in the upper 1,000 m at three locations in the Bay of Bengal

Calanoida

 Acartia amboinensis Carl,1907

 Acartia (Odontacartia) erythraea Giesbrecht, 1889

 Acartia negligens Dana, 1849^a

 Acartia (Odontacartia) spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889^a

 Aetideopsis tumorosa Bradford, 1969^b

 Aetideus acutus Farran, 1929

 Euaugaptilus bullifer Giesbrecht, 1889

 Euaugaptilus hecticus Giesbrecht, 1893

 Euaugaptilus oblongus Sars G.O., 1905

 Euaugaptilus rigidus Sars G.O., 1907

 Haloptilus longicornis Claus, 1963

 Haloptilus ornatus Giesbrecht, 1893

 Haloptilus spiniceps Giesbrecht, 1893

 Chiridius longispinus Tanaka, 1957^b

 Chirundina streetsii Giesbrecht, 1895

 Euchirella amoena Giesbrecht, 1888^a

 Euchirella curticauda Giesbrecht, 1888^a

 Euchirella indica Wolfenden, 1906

 Euchirella galeata Giesbrecht, 1888

 Euchirella rostromagna Farran, 1929

 Euchirella sp.

 Gaetanus minor Giesbrecht, 1888

 Gaetanus pileatus Farran, 1903

 Undeuchaeta plumosa Lubbock, 1856

 Undeuchaeta sp.

 Valdiviella brevicornis Sars G.O., 1905

 Arietellus giesbrechti Sars G.O., 1905

 Canthocalanus pauper Giesbrecht, 1888^a

 Mesocalanus tenuicornis Dana, 1849^a

 Undinula vulgaris Dana, 1849^a

 Candacia bradyi Scott A., 1902^a

 Candacia catula Giesbrecht, 1889^a

 Candacia discaudata Scott A., 1909^a

 Candacia pachydactyla Dana, 1849^a

 Candacia truncata Dana, 1849^a

 Centropages alcocki Sewell, 1912

 Centropages furcatus Dana, 1849^a

 Clausocalanus arcuicornis Dana, 1849^a

 Clausocalanus furcatus Brady, 1883

 Clausocalanus pergens Farran, 1926

 Farrania frigida Wolfenden, 1911

 Subeucalanus crassus Giesbrecht, 1888^a

 Subeucalanus monachus Giesbrecht, 1888^a

 Subeucalanus mucronatus Giesbrecht, 1888^a

 Eucalanus elongatus Dana, 1848^a

 Eucalanus sp.

 Paraeuchaeta concinna Dana, 1849^a

 Euchaeta indica Wolfenden, 1905^a

 Euchaeta marina Prestandrea, 1833^a

 Euchaeta sp.

 Hemirhabdus grimaldi Richard, 1893

 Heterorhabdus abyssalis Giesbrecht, 1889

 Heterorhabdus pacificus Brodsky,1950^b

 Heterorhabdus papilliger Claus, 1863^a

 Heterorhabdus sp.

 Heterostylites longicornis Giesbrecht, 1889^a

 Lucicutia flavicornis Claus, 1863^a

 Lucicutia gaussae Grice, 1963

 Lucicutia lucida Farran, 1908

 Lucicutia magna Wolfenden, 1903

 Lucicutia maxima Steuer, 1904

 Mecynocera clause Thompson I.C., 1888

 Gaussia princeps Scott T., 1894

 Metridia brevicauda Giesbrecht, 1889

 Metridia curticauda Giesbrecht, 1889

 Metridia sp.

 Pleuromamma gracilis Claus, 1863

 Pleuromamma indica Wolfenden, 1905^a

 Pleuromamma robusta Dahl F., 1893

 Pleuromamma sp.

 Nullosetigera sp.

 Acrocalanus gibber Giesbrecht, 1888^a

 Acrocalanus gracilis Giesbrecht, 1888^a

 Acrocalanus longicornis Giesbrecht, 1888^a

 Calocalanus pavo Dana, 1852^a

 Calocalanus pavoninus Farran, 1936

 Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888^a

 Paracalanus indicus Wolfenden, 1905

 Paracalanus parvus Claus, 1863^a

 Xanthocalanus crassirostris Tanaka, 1960^b

 Xanthocalanus pectinatus Giesbrecht, 1893^b

 Onchocalanus affinis With, 1915

 Phaenna spinifera Claus, 1863

 Calanopia elliptica Dana, 1849^a

 Labidocera acuta Dana,1849^a

 Labidocera minuta Giesbrecht, 1889

 Labidocera pavo Giesbrecht, 1889^a

 Labidocera pectinata Thompson I.C. and Scott A., 1903

 Pontellina plumata Dana, 1849^a

 Pontellopsis scotti Sewell, 1932

 Rhincalanus cornutus Dana, 1849

 Lophothrix frontalis Giesbrecht, 1895

 Scaphocalanus echinatus Farran, 1905

 Scaphocalanus major Scott T., 1894

 Scaphocalanus sp.

 Scolecithricella bradyi Giesbrecht, 1888

 Scolecithricella dentata Giesbrecht, 1893

 Scolecithricella nicobarica Sewell, 1929

 Scolecithricella vittata Giesbrecht, 1893

 Scolecithricella sp.

 Scolecitrichopsis ctenopus Giesbrecht, 1888^a

 Scolecicithrix danae Lubbock, 1856

 Scolecithrix sp.^a

 Monacilla gracilis Wolfenden, 1911^b

 Monacilla tenera Sars G.O., 1907

 Monacilla typica Sars G.O., 1905

 Spinocalanus angusticeps Sars G.O., 1920

 Spinocalanus magnus Wolfenden, 1904

 Spinocalanus sp.

 Temora discaudata Giesbrecht, 1889^a

 Temora turbinata Dana, 1849^a

 Temoropia mayumbaensis Scott T., 1894

 Undinella spinifer Tanaka, 1960^b

Harpacticoida

 Aegisthus mucronatus Giesbrecht, 1891

 Clytemnestra scutellata Dana, 1849^a

 Euterpina acutifrons Dana, 1847^a

 Macrosetella gracilis Dana, 1847^a

 Microsetella norvegica Boeck, 1865^a

 Microsetella rosea Dana, 1848^a

Mormonilloida

 Neomormonilla minor Giesbrecht, 1891

 Mormonilla phasma Giesbrecht, 1891

Cyclopoida

 Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891^a

 Oithona plumifera Baird, 1843^a

 Oithona setigera Dana, 1852

 Oithona similis Claus, 1866^a

 Oithona spinirostris Claus, 1863

 Oithona sp.

Poecilostomatoida

 Corycaeus asiaticus Dahl F., 1894

 Corycaeus danae Giesbrecht, 1891^a

 Corycaeus longistylis Dana, 1849

 Corycaeus speciosus Dana, 1849^a

 Corycaeus sp.

 Onychocorycaeus agilis Dana, 1849

 Onychocorycaeus catus Dahl F., 1894^a

 Lubbockia squillimana Claus, 1863

 Oncaea gracilis Dana, 1852

 Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843^a

 Oncaea sp.

 Triconia conifera Giesbrecht, 1891

 Copilia mirabilis Dana, 1852

 Copilia quadrata Dana, 1849

 Copilia vitrea Haeckel, 1864^a

 Sapphirina auronitens Claus, 1863

 Sapphirina intestinata Giesbrecht, 1891

 Sapphirina nigromaculata Claus, 1863^a

 Sapphirina ovatolanceolata Dana, 1849^a

 Sapphirina sp.

 Unidentified copepodites

Total individuals per cubic meter