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Marine Planktonic Copepods

There are 43 cosmoplitan species in the Zone Red Sea (species present in at least 20 zones)

Acartia (Acartia) danae  Giesbrecht, 1889   (F,M)(presence in 21 zones)
Acartia (Acartiura) longiremis  (Lilljeborg, 1853)   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Aetideus armatus  (Boeck, 1872)   (F,M)(presence in 24 zones)
Calocalanus pavo  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Calocalanus styliremis  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Candacia simplex  (Giesbrecht, 1889)   (F,M)(presence in 21 zones)
Clausocalanus arcuicornis  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Clausocalanus furcatus  (Brady, 1883)   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Clausocalanus parapergens  Frost & Fleminger, 1968   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Corycaeus (Corycaeus) speciosus  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Ctenocalanus vanus  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 21 zones)
Haloptilus acutifrons  (Giesbrecht, 1892)   (F,M)(presence in 21 zones)
Haloptilus longicornis  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 23 zones)
Labidocera acutifrons  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Lubbockia aculeata  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Lucicutia flavicornis  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 21 zones)
Macrosetella gracilis  (Dana, 1848)   (F,M)(presence in 21 zones)
Mecynocera clausi  Thompson, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Megacalanus princeps  Wolfenden, 1904   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Mesocalanus tenuicornis  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Metridia lucens  Boeck, 1864   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Microsetella norvegica  (Boeck, 1864)   (F,M)(presence in 25 zones)
Microsetella rosea  (Dana, 1848)   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Nannocalanus minor  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 23 zones)
Oithona atlantica  Farran, 1908   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Oithona nana  Giesbrecht, 1892   (F,M)(presence in 21 zones)
Oithona plumifera  Baird, 1843   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Oithona similis-Group  Claus, 1866   (F,M)(presence in 25 zones)
Oncaea media  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Oncaea mediterranea  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Oncaea venusta  Philippi, 1843   (F,M)(presence in 23 zones)
Paracalanus aculeatus  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Paracalanus parvus  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 24 zones)
Phaenna spinifera  Claus, 1863   (F,M)(presence in 21 zones)
Pleuromamma abdominalis  (Lubbock, 1856)   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Pleuromamma gracilis  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Pleuromamma robusta  (F. Dahl, 1893)   (F,M)(presence in 23 zones)
Pleuromamma xiphias  (Giesbrecht, 1889)   (F,M)(presence in 24 zones)
Rhincalanus nasutus  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 24 zones)
Scolecithricella minor  (Brady, 1883)   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Triconia conifera  (Giesbrecht, 1891)   (F,M)(presence in 25 zones)
Triconia minuta  Giesbrecht, 1892   (F, M)(presence in 20 zones)
Undeuchaeta major  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 23 zones)