Table 2 List of the copepod species along different seasons in Cochin estuary

Acartia centrura Giesbrecht, 1889

****

***

***

Acartia spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889

***

**

***

Acartia erythraea Giesbrecht, 1889

*

−

*

Acartia plumosa Scott T., 1894

*****

***

*****

Acartia bowmani Abraham, 1976

**

**

−

Acartiella gravelyi Sewell, 1919

***

***

**

Acartiella keralensis Wellershaus 1969

****

**

***

Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888

***

−

***

Bestiolina similis Sewell, 1914

*****

****

****

Acrocalanus monachus Giesbrecht, 1888

−

−

**

Pseudodiaptomus annandalei Sewell, 1919

***

**

***

Pseudodiaptomus serricaudatus Scott T., 1894

**

*

***

Pseudodiaptomus malayalus Wellershaus 1969

*

**

***

Pseudodiaptomus mertoni Früchtl, 1924

−

**

−

Heliodiaptomus cinctus Gurney, 1907

−

**

−

Allodiaptomus mirabilipes Kiefer, 1936

−

**

−

Subeucalanus subcrassus Giesbrecht, 1888

***

*

***

Subeucalanus crassus Giesbrecht, 1888

*

**

**

Undinula vulgaris Dana, 1849

**

*

***

Canthocalanus pauper Giesbrecht, 1888

*

*

**

Centropages alcocki Sewell, 1912

**

***

***

Centropages furcatus Dana, 1849

***

*

***

Centropages tenuiremis Thompson & Scott, 1903

**

−

−

Centropages trispinosus Sewell, 1914

**

***

**

Centropages calaninus Dana, 1849

**

*

**

Centropages orsiini Giesbrecht, 1889

−

−

**

Candacia bradyi Scott A., 1902

−

−

**

Labidocera pectinata Thompson & Scott, 1903

**

−

**

Labidocera acuta Dana, 1849

**

−

−

Temora turbinata Dana, 1849

−

−

**

Tortanus forcipatus Giesbrecht, 1889

−

−

*

Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891

***

***

***

Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896

−

*

−

Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843

*

−

*

Mesocyclops sps

*

**

**

Euterpina acutifrons Dana, 1847

*

−

**

Onychocorycaeus catus Dahl, 1894

*

−

**