| Oncaea venusta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Cyclopoida |
| Family: | Oncaeidae |
| Genus: | Oncaea |
| Species: | O. venusta |
| Binomial name | |
| Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843 | |
Oncaea venusta is a species of copepod with a cosmopolitan distribution, but lacking from the Arctic Ocean. Females are 1.1–1.3 mm (0.043–0.051 in) long, while males are only 0.8–1.0 mm (0.031–0.039 in) long. The front of the head is unusually wide, and the body is brightly coloured, usually yellow–orange, but sometimes red. O. venusta feeds on a variety of zooplankton and phytoplankton.
References
- Ruth Böttger-Schnack, Juliana Kouwenberg & Geoff Boxshall (2011). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
- ^ William S. Johnson, Dennis M. Allen & Marni Fylling (2005). "Poecilostomatiod [sic] copepods". Zooplankton of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts: a Guide to their Identification and Ecology. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 160–161. ISBN 978-0-8018-8168-8.
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| Oncaea venusta | |
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