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Macrosetella gracilis (Harpacticoid)

Collected at a depth of 20m below the surface at Salt River Canyon, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Notes: This holoplanktonic harpacticoid copepod occurs in warm oceanic waters, often associated with the large cyanobacterium Trichodesmim upon which it feeds.

Collected by: W. S. Johnson


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