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Marine Planktonic Copepods

There are 239 common species to the Red Sea (15) and to the Indian Ocean (16), or to the Red Sea (15) and to the Mediterranean Sea (14), and found in several other zones

Acartia (Acanthacartia) fossae  Gurney, 1927   (F,M)(presence in 6 zones)
Acartia (Acartia) danae  Giesbrecht, 1889   (F,M)(presence in 21 zones)
Acartia (Acartia) negligens  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 17 zones)
Acartia (Acartiura) clausi  Giesbrecht, 1889   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Acartia (Acartiura) discaudata  (Giesbrecht, 1881)   (F,M)(presence in 8 zones)
Acartia (Acartiura) longiremis  (Lilljeborg, 1853)   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Acartia (Odontacartia) bispinosa  Carl, 1907   (F,M)(presence in 7 zones)
Acartia (Odontacartia) centrura  Giesbrecht, 1889   (F,M)(presence in 4 zones)
Acartia (Odontacartia) erythraea  Giesbrecht, 1889   (F,M)(presence in 8 zones)
Acrocalanus gibber  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 13 zones)
Acrocalanus gracilis  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Acrocalanus longicornis  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Acrocalanus monachus  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 14 zones)
Aetideus armatus  (Boeck, 1872)   (F,M)(presence in 24 zones)
Amallothrix falcifer  (Farran, 1926)   (F,M)(presence in 5 zones)
Archescolecithrix auropecten  (Giesbrecht, 1892)   (F,M)(presence in 17 zones)
Arietellus pavoninus  Sars, 1905   (F)(presence in 10 zones)
Bradyidius armatus  Giesbrecht, 1897   (F,M)(presence in 13 zones)
Calanopia elliptica  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 11 zones)
Calanopia kideysi  Ünal & Shmeleva, 2002   (F, Juv.M)(presence in 3 zones)
Calanopia media  Gurney, 1927   (F,M)(presence in 3 zones)
Calanopia minor  A. Scott, 1902   (F,M)(presence in 11 zones)
Calocalanus contractus  Farran, 1926   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Calocalanus elegans  Shmeleva, 1965   (F,M)(presence in 5 zones)
Calocalanus neptunus  Shmeleva, 1965   (F,M)(presence in 5 zones)
Calocalanus pavo  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Calocalanus pavoninus  Farran, 1936   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Calocalanus plumulosus  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 19 zones)
Calocalanus styliremis  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Candacia bispinosa  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Candacia bradyi  A. Scott, 1902   (F,M)(presence in 8 zones)
Candacia catula  (Giesbrecht, 1889)   (F,M)(presence in 11 zones)
Candacia curta  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Candacia ethiopica  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 17 zones)
Candacia longimana  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 17 zones)
Candacia simplex  (Giesbrecht, 1889)   (F,M)(presence in 21 zones)
Candacia tenuimana  (Giesbrecht, 1889)   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Candacia truncata  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 11 zones)
Candacia varicans  (Giesbrecht, 1892)   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Canthocalanus pauper  (Giesbrecht, 1888)   (F,M)(presence in 14 zones)
Centropages calaninus  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 14 zones)
Centropages elongatus  Giesbrecht, 1896   (F,M)(presence in 11 zones)
Centropages furcatus  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 17 zones)
Centropages gracilis  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Centropages kroyeri  Giesbrecht, 1892   (F,M)(presence in 8 zones)
Centropages orsinii  Giesbrecht, 1889   (F,M)(presence in 8 zones)
Centropages typicus  Kröyer, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 9 zones)
Centropages violaceus  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 19 zones)
Clausocalanus arcuicornis  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Clausocalanus farrani  Sewell, 1929   (F,M)(presence in 13 zones)
Clausocalanus furcatus  (Brady, 1883)   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Clausocalanus minor  Sewell, 1929   (F,M)(presence in 10 zones)
Clausocalanus parapergens  Frost & Fleminger, 1968   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Clausocalanus paululus  Farran, 1926   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Conaea rapax  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 19 zones)
Copilia mirabilis  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Copilia quadrata  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Copilia vitrea  (Haeckel, 1864)   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Corycaeus (Agetus) flaccus  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Corycaeus (Agetus) limbatus  Brady, 1883   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Corycaeus (Agetus) typicus  (Krøyer, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Corycaeus (Corycaeus) crassiusculus  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Corycaeus (Corycaeus) speciosus  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Corycaeus (Ditrichocorycaeus) affinis  McMurrich, 1916   (F,M)(presence in 10 zones)
Corycaeus (Ditrichocorycaeus) andrewsi  Farran, 1911   (F,M)(presence in 10 zones)
Corycaeus (Ditrichocorycaeus) anglicus  Lubbock, 1857   (F,M)(presence in 13 zones)
Corycaeus (Ditrichocorycaeus) asiaticus  F. Dahl, 1894   (F,M)(presence in 11 zones)
Corycaeus (Ditrichocorycaeus) brehmi  Steuer, 1910   (F,M)(presence in 6 zones)
Corycaeus (Ditrichocorycaeus) erythraeus  Cleve, 1904   (F,M)(presence in 14 zones)
Corycaeus (Ditrichocorycaeus) lubbocki  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 8 zones)
Corycaeus (Onychocorycaeus) agilis  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Corycaeus (Onychocorycaeus) catus  F. Dahl, 1894   (F,M)(presence in 13 zones)
Corycaeus (Onychocorycaeus) giesbrechti  F. Dahl, 1894   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Corycaeus (Onychocorycaeus) latus  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Corycaeus (Onychocorycaeus) ovalis  Claus, 1863   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Corycaeus (Onychocorycaeus) pacificus  F. Dahl, 1894   (F,M)(presence in 14 zones)
Corycaeus (Onychocorycaeus) pumilus  M. Dahl, 1912   (F,M)(presence in 14 zones)
Corycaeus (Urocorycaeus) furcifer  Claus, 1863   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Corycaeus (Urocorycaeus) lautus  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Corycaeus (Urocorycaeus) longistylis  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Cosmocalanus darwini  (Lubbock, 1860)   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Ctenocalanus vanus  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 21 zones)
Cymbasoma reticulatum  (Giesbrecht, 1892)   (F)(presence in 3 zones)
Dioithona minuta  (T. Scott, 1894)   (F,M)(presence in 8 zones)
Dioithona rigida  (Giesbrecht, 1896)   (F,M)(presence in 8 zones)
Disco erythraeus  Gordejeva, 1974   (F)(presence in 4 zones)
Disco vulgaris  Gordejeva, 1974   (F,M)(presence in 3 zones)
Distioculus minor  (T. Scott, 1894)   (F,M)(presence in 7 zones)
Euaugaptilus hecticus  (Giesbrecht, 1889)   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Euchaeta concinna  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 11 zones)
Euchaeta marina  (Prestandrea, 1833)   (F,M)(presence in 17 zones)
Euchaeta plana  Mori, 1937   (F,M)(presence in 8 zones)
Euchaeta spinosa  Giesbrecht, 1892   (F,M)(presence in 19 zones)
Euterpina acutifrons  (Dana, 1848)   (F,M)(presence in 17 zones)
Farranula carinata  (Giesbrecht, 1891)   (F,M)(presence in 17 zones)
Farranula curta  (Farran, 1911)   (F,M)(presence in 10 zones)
Farranula gibbula  (Giesbrecht, 1891)   (F,M)(presence in 12 zones)
Farranula gracilis  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 19 zones)
Farranula rostrata  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Haloptilus acutifrons  (Giesbrecht, 1892)   (F,M)(presence in 21 zones)
Haloptilus longicornis  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 23 zones)
Haloptilus ornatus  (Giesbrecht, 1892)   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Haloptilus plumosus  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 10 zones)
Labidocera acuta  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Labidocera acutifrons  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Labidocera detruncata  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Labidocera euchaeta  Giesbrecht, 1889   (F,M)(presence in 6 zones)
Labidocera madurae  A. Scott, 1909   (F,M)(presence in 5 zones)
Labidocera minuta  Giesbrecht, 1889   (F,M)(presence in 10 zones)
Labidocera pavo  Giesbrecht, 1889   (F,M)(presence in 10 zones)
Lubbockia aculeata  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Lubbockia squillimana  Claus, 1863   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Lucicutia clausi  (Giesbrecht, 1889)   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Lucicutia flavicornis  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 21 zones)
Lucicutia gaussae  Grice, 1963   (F,M)(presence in 17 zones)
Lucicutia gemina  Farran, 1926   (F,M)(presence in 17 zones)
Lucicutia ovalis  (Giesbrecht, 1889)   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Lucicutia paraclausi  Park, 1970   (F,M)(presence in 5 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)
Misophria pallida  Boeck, 1864   (F,M)(presence in 4 zones)
Monothula subtilis  (Giesbrecht, 1892)   (F,M)(presence in 13 zones)
Monstrilla grandis  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 9 zones)
Mormonilla phasma  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 17 zones)
Nannocalanus minor  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 23 zones)
Neocalanus plumchrus  (Marukawa, 1921)   (F,M)(presence in 7 zones)
Neomormonilla minor  (Giesbrecht, 1891)   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Oithona atlantica  Farran, 1908   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Oithona attenuata  Farran, 1913   (F,M)(presence in 12 zones)
Oithona brevicornis  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 11 zones)
Oithona decipiens  Farran, 1913   (F)(presence in 11 zones)
Oithona fallax  Farran, 1913   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Oithona nana  Giesbrecht, 1892   (F,M)(presence in 21 zones)
Oithona pacifica  (Nishida, 1985)   (F,M)(presence in 3 zones)
Oithona plumifera  Baird, 1843   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Oithona pulla  (Farran, 1913)   (F,M)(presence in 6 zones)
Oithona robusta  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 13 zones)
Oithona setigera  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Oithona similis-Group  Claus, 1866   (F,M)(presence in 25 zones)
Oithona simplex  Farran, 1913   (F,M)(presence in 14 zones)
Oithona tenuis  Rosendorn, 1917   (F)(presence in 16 zones)
Oithona vivida  Farran, 1913   (F)(presence in 12 zones)
Oncaea atlantica  Shmeleva, 1967   (F,M)(presence in 6 zones)
Oncaea bispinosa  Böttger-Schnack, 2002   (F,M)(presence in 3 zones)
Oncaea clevei  Früchtl, 1923   (F,M)(presence in 8 zones)
Oncaea media  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Oncaea mediterranea  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Oncaea ovalis  Shmeleva, 1966   (F,M)(presence in 6 zones)
Oncaea paraclevei  Böttger-Schnack, 2001   (F)(presence in 3 zones)
Oncaea scottodicarloi  Heron & Bradford-Grieve, 1995   (F,M)(presence in 9 zones)
Oncaea tregoubovi  Shmeleva, 1968   (F,M)(presence in 6 zones)
Oncaea venella  Farran, 1929   (F,M)(presence in 10 zones)
Oncaea venusta  Philippi, 1843   (F,M)(presence in 23 zones)
Oncaea vodjanitskii  Shmeleva & Delalo, 1965   (F,M)(presence in 5 zones)
Oncaea waldemari  Bersano & Boxshall, 1994    (F,M)(presence in 6 zones)
Oncaea zernovi  Shmeleva, 1966   (F,M)(presence in 8 zones)
Pachos punctatum  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 14 zones)
Paracalanus aculeatus  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 20 zones)
Paracalanus denudatus  Sewell, 1929   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Paracalanus indicus  Wolfenden, 1905   (F,M)(presence in 13 zones)
Paracalanus nanus  Sars, 1907   (F,M)(presence in 14 zones)
Paracalanus parvus  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)(presence in 24 zones)
Paradisco gracilis  Gordejeva, 1975   (F,M)(presence in 3 zones)
Pareucalanus attenuatus  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 9 zones)
Parvocalanus crassirostris  (F. Dahl, 1894)   (F,M)(presence in 16 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 indica  Wolfenden, 1905   (F,M)(presence in 8 zones)
Pleuromamma robusta  (F. Dahl, 1893)   (F,M)(presence in 23 zones)
Pleuromamma xiphias  (Giesbrecht, 1889)   (F,M)(presence in 24 zones)
Pontella fera  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 10 zones)
Pontellina plumata  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Pontellopsis krameri  (Giesbrecht, 1896)   (F,M)(presence in 6 zones)
Pontellopsis villosa  Brady, 1883   (F,M)(presence in 14 zones)
Pontoeciella abyssicola  (T. Scott, 1894)   (F,M)(presence in 13 zones)
Pseudocyclops umbraticus  Giesbrecht, 1893   (F,M)(presence in 3 zones)
Pseudodiaptomus hessei  (Mrazek, 1895)   (F,M)(presence in 4 zones)
Pseudodiaptomus salinus  Giesbrecht, 1896   (F,M)(presence in 3 zones)
Pseudodiaptomus serricaudatus  (T. Scott, 1894)   (F,M)(presence in 6 zones)
Ratania flava  Giesbrecht, 1892   (F,M)(presence in 9 zones)
Rhincalanus cornutus  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Rhincalanus nasutus  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 24 zones)
Rhincalanus rostrifrons  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 10 zones)
Sapphirina angusta  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 19 zones)
Sapphirina bicuspidata  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 12 zones)
Sapphirina darwini  Haeckel, 1864   (F,M)(presence in 13 zones)
Sapphirina gastrica  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Sapphirina gemma  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Sapphirina intestinata  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Sapphirina lactens  Giesbrecht, 1892   (F,M)(presence in 10 zones)
Sapphirina maculosa  Giesbrecht, 1892   (F,M)(presence in 10 zones)
Sapphirina metallina  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 19 zones)
Sapphirina nigromaculata  Claus, 1863   (F,M)(presence in 19 zones)
Sapphirina opalina  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Sapphirina ovatolanceolata  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 17 zones)
Sapphirina scarlata  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 17 zones)
Sapphirina sinuicauda  Brady, 1883   (F,M)(presence in 11 zones)
Sapphirina stellata  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Sapphirina vorax  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)(presence in 9 zones)
Scolecithricella minor  (Brady, 1883)   (F,M)(presence in 22 zones)
Scolecithricella orientalis  Mori, 1937   (F,M)(presence in 7 zones)
Scolecithricella tropica  Grice, 1962   (F)(presence in 7 zones)
Scolecitrichopsis ctenopus  (Giesbrecht, 1888)   (F,M)(presence in 14 zones)
Scolecitrichopsis tenuipes  (T. Scott, 1894)   (F,M)(presence in 5 zones)
Spinoncaea humesi  Böttger-Schnack, 2003   (F,M)(presence in 4 zones)
Spinoncaea ivlevi  (Shmeleva, 1966)   (F,M)(presence in 8 zones)
Spinoncaea tenuis  Böttger-Schnack, 2003   (F,M)(presence in 5 zones)
Subeucalanus crassus  (Giesbrecht, 1888)   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Subeucalanus monachus  (Giesbrecht, 1888)   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Subeucalanus mucronatus  (Giesbrecht, 1888)   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Subeucalanus subcrassus  (Giesbrecht, 1888)   (F,M)(presence in 16 zones)
Subeucalanus subtenuis  (Giesbrecht, 1888)   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Temora discaudata  Giesbrecht, 1889   (F,M)(presence in 12 zones)
Temora stylifera  Dana, 1849   (F,M)(presence in 14 zones)
Temora turbinata  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Temoropia mayumbaensis  T. Scott, 1894   (F,M)(presence in 15 zones)
Tortanus (Atortus) recticaudus  (Giesbrecht, 1889)   (F,M)(presence in 4 zones)
Tortanus (Tortanus) barbatus  (Brady, 1883)   (F,M)(presence in 5 zones)
Tortanus (Tortanus) gracilis  (Brady, 1883)   (F,M)(presence in 8 zones)
Triconia borealis  (Sars, 1918)   (F,M)(presence in 9 zones)
Triconia conifera  (Giesbrecht, 1891)   (F,M)(presence in 25 zones)
Triconia dentipes  (Giesbrecht, 1891)   (F,M)(presence in 14 zones)
Triconia elongata  Böttger-Schnack, 1999   (F,M)(presence in 5 zones)
Triconia giesbrechti  Böttger-Schnack, 1999   (F, M)(presence in 5 zones)
Triconia hawii  (Böttger-Schnack & Boxshall, 1990)   (F,M)(presence in 4 zones)
Triconia minuta  Giesbrecht, 1892   (F, M)(presence in 20 zones)
Triconia rufa  (Boxshall & Böttger, 1987)   (F,M)(presence in 3 zones)
Triconia similis  (Sars, 1918)   (F,M)(presence in 17 zones)
Triconia umerus  (Böttger-Schnack & Boxshall, 1990)   (F,M)(presence in 6 zones)
Undeuchaeta major  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)(presence in 23 zones)
Undinula vulgaris  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)(presence in 18 zones)
Vettoria granulosa  (Giesbrecht, 1891)   (F,M)(presence in 14 zones)
Vettoria parva  (Farran, 1936)   (F,M)(presence in 7 zones)