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Table 2 Taxonomic list of mesozooplankton (>200 μm) and their abundance at three different stations
From: Biogeochemistry and ecology of Pyrosoma spinosum from the Central Arabian Sea
| Mesozooplankton (copepod) composition | 0 to 200 mt (org/100 m 3 ) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Station 23 | Station 20 | Station 17 | |
| Calanoida | |||
| Calanidae | |||
| Canthocalanus pauper | * | 1 | * |
| Cosmocalanus darwini | 1 | 4 | - |
| Calanoides carinatus | - | 1 | |
| Undinula vulgaris | 2 | - | 2 |
| Calanus spp. | - | - | 1 |
| Eucalanidae | |||
| Eucalanus attenuatus | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Eucalanus subcrassus | * | 5 | |
| Eucalanus spp. | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Rhincalanus cornutus | 2 | * | * |
| Rhincalanus nasutus | 1 | - | 1 |
| Paracalanidae | |||
| Acrocalanus gibber | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Acrocalanus sp. | 13 | 1 | * |
| Paracalanus spp. | 20 | 27 | 19 |
| Calocalanus pavo | 2 | - | - |
| Calocalanus sp. | - | 1 | * |
| Euchaetidae | |||
| Euchaeta concinna | - | - | * |
| Euchaeta wolfendeni | - | - | 1 |
| Euchaeta marina | * | - | - |
| Euchaeta spp. | 1 | * | 1 |
| Scolecithricidae | |||
| Scolecithricella spp. | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Scaphocalanus spp. | - | - | 1 |
| Scottocalanus helenae | - | - | 1 |
| Lophothrix frontalis | - | * | - |
| Centropagidae | |||
| Centropage furcatus | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Temoridae | |||
| Temora stylifera | * | - | 1 |
| Temora discaudata | - | - | 1 |
| Acartiidae | |||
| Acartia spp. | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Acartia erythraea | 1 | - | 1 |
| Clausocalanidae | |||
| Clausocalanus furcatus | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Candaciidae | |||
| Candacia pachydactyla | - | - | 1 |
| Candacia curta | 1 | - | - |
| Candacia bradyi | * | 1 | - |
| Pontellidae | |||
| Labidocera acuta | 1 | - | - |
| Labidocera minuta | * | - | - |
| Labidocera sp. | 3 | - | 1 |
| Calanopia sp. | 1 | 1 | - |
| Aetideidae | |||
| Aetideus sp. | - | * | * |
| Euchirella amoena | * | * | - |
| Euchirella maxima | - | * | - |
| Euaetideus giesbrechti | - | - | * |
| Augaptiliidae | |||
| Euaugaptilus hecticus | - | - | * |
| Haloptilus spp. | - | - | * |
| Heterohabdidae | |||
| Heterohabdus sp. | * | 1 | 1 |
| Lucicutiidae | |||
| Lucicutia flavicornis | 2 | * | 1 |
| Lucicutia ovalis | * | * | 1 |
| Mormonillidae | |||
| Mormonilla phasma | * | 1 | |
| Mormonilla minor | - | * | 1 |
| Metridinidae | |||
| Pleuromamma (juveniles) | - | 3 | - |
| Pleuromamma xiphias | - | * | - |
| Pleuromamma indica | 2 | - | - |
| Pleuromamma gracilis | 1 | * | 2 |
| Cyclopoida | |||
| Oithonidae | |||
| Oithona plumifera | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Oithona sp. | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Oithona helgolandicus | - | 1 | - |
| Saphirella tropica | - | * | - |
| Poicilostomatoida | |||
| Corycaeidae | |||
| Corycaeus catus | 1 | - | 1 |
| Corycaeus sp. | 21 | 6 | 6 |
| Farranula gracilis | 1 | - | * |
| Faranula spp. | 5 | 1 | - |
| Oncaeidae | |||
| Oncaea sp. | 26 | 29 | 14 |
| Sapphirinidae | |||
| Sapphirina spp. | - | - | * |
| Sapphirina gastrica | - | - | 1 |
| Sapphirina darwini | * | - | - |
| Sapphirina metallina | * | - | - |
| Copilia mirabilis | 4 | - | * |
| Vettoria granulosa | * | - | - |
| Harpacticoida | |||
| Clytemnestridea | |||
| Clytemnestra scutellata | * | 1 | 1 |
| Euterpinidae | |||
| Euterpina acutifrons | 1 | - | 1 |
| Miraciidae | |||
| Macrosetella gracilis | * | - | - |
| Ectinosomatidae | |||
| Microsetella rosea | - | 1 | - |
| Microsetella norvegica | - | - | 1 |
| Copepode nauplii | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Juvenile copepod | 4 | - | - |
