A common surface-dwelling copepod of the subarctic Pacific
Size
- Juveniles: start at 0.2mm
- Male: 0.90-1.00 mm
- Female: 0.97-1.11 mm
Color
- Transparent, dark grey if eggs present
Habitat
- Epipelagic (surface waters)
- Estuarine, coastal
- Arctic and Subarctic
Feeding
- Filter-feeder
- Micro-carnivore
Life cycle
- Female spawns repeatedly
- Small eggs scattered into water
- Generation time (egg to adult): months
- Multiple generations per year
- Present spring through late fall
- Eggs laid in fall overwinter in sediments and hatch in spring
Page Author: Russ Hopcroft
Updated: November 2, 2009
