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Oithona colcarva

Location: North Inlet, SC (marsh creek) Collected using a 153 μm plankton net.

Notes: Oithona is one of the most common copepods in estuarine and nearshore waters. It is also among the smallest.

Note the relatively short antennae.

Click here for a photo of Oithona similis from offshore.

Collected and photographed by: W. S. Johnson
Goucher College

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