Marine Planktonic Copepods

A: Mating in calanoid copepods (Diaptomidae) - B: Spermatophore attached to the abdomen of Candacia bipinnata (lateral view)

Fig. G16:

A: Mating in calanoid copepods (Diaptomidae) (in Tierwelt Deutschlands, 9, 1928).

B: Spermatophore attached to the abdomen of Candacia bipinnata (lateral view) (Rose, pers. comm.).

Abd: abdominal segments of the male; c: attachment cement at the neck of the spermatophore; e: external sac of the spermatophore; ms: spermatic mass; P5: modified "swimming" legs of the female and male; Spm: spermatophore; sgn: genital "segment" of the female.

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Razouls C., Desreumaux N., Kouwenberg J. and de Bovée F., 2005-2026. - Biodiversity of Marine Planktonic Copepods (morphology, geographical distribution and biological data). Sorbonne University, CNRS. Available at http://copepodes.obs-banyuls.fr/en [Accessed September 26, 2026]