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Calanoid copepod female

Your specimen is a female calanoid copepod. Identification from this point forward in the key uses distinguishing features found only on male individuals.

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Taxonomy
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Maxillopoda
Subclass Copepoda
Order Calanoida