What kind of organisms are copepods?
Many species of copepods are planktonic (drifting in sea waters) but more are benthic (living on the ocean floor) and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests, bogs, springs, ephemeral ponds and puddles, damp moss or water filled recesses of plants such as bromeliads and pitcher plants. Many live underground in marine and freshwater caves, sinkholes or stream beds. Copepods are sometimes used as bioindicators. They are typically one millimetre to two millimetres long with a teardrop shaped body and large antennae. They form a subclass belonging to the subphylum Crustacea. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
Many species of copepods are planktonic (drifting in sea waters) but more are benthic (living on the ocean floor) and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests, bogs, springs, ephemeral ponds and puddles, damp moss or water filled recesses of plants such as bromeliads and pitcher plants. Many live underground in marine and freshwater caves, sinkholes or stream beds. Copepods are sometimes used as bioindicators. They are typically one millimetre to two millimetres long with a teardrop shaped body and large antennae. They form a subclass belonging to the subphylum Crustacea.
