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Table 5 Comparative data of the swimming behaviour of the two congeneric species by Dur et al.[2010]

From: Pseudodiaptomus marinus Sato, 1913, a new invasive copepod in Lake Faro (Sicily): observations on the swimming behaviour and the sex-dependent responses to food

 

Prosome length (mm)

Mean speed (mm/s)

Breaking %

Cruising %

Jumping %

Sinking %

P. marinus

      

  Females

0.93

8.0 ± 5.2

67

31

2

-

  Males

0.83

6.4 ± 2.8

49

50

1

-

  Ovigerous f.

n.a.

7.5 ± 4.7

61

37

2

-

P. annandalei

      

  Females

0.92

2.53 ± 1.21

54

34

<1

12

  Males

0.74

2.77 ± 1.27

43

39

<1

17

  Ovigerous f.

n.a.

2.87 ± 1.09

43

36

1

20