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  1. Copepoda Maxillopoda is a diverse class of crustaceans which includes the barnacles, copepods and a number of related animals. It does not appear to be a monophyletic group, and no single character unites all the members.
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    Maxillopoda is a large class of mostly small crustaceans (typically 0.5–2 mm) with over 14,000 described species consisting of freshwater and marine copepods (subclass Copepoda), marine barnacles, and a few other groups, including fish lice (subclass Branchiura).
    Maxillopoda is a diverse class of crustaceans which includes the barnacles, copepods and a number of related animals. It does not appear to be a monophyletic group, and no single character unites all the members.
    With the exception of some barnacles, maxillopodans are mostly small, including the smallest known arthropod, Stygotantulus stocki. They often have short bodies, with the abdomen reduced in size, and generally lacking any appendages This may have arisen through paedomorphosis.
    The Thecostraca (Maxillopoda) rank among the most commonly encountered marine crustaceans in the world. They deviate from almost all other Crustacea in that only the larvae are free-living, while the adults are permanently sessile as either suspension feeders or as various types of parasites.
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  7. Copepod - Wikipedia

    WEBCopepod. Copepods ( / ˈkoʊpəpɒd /; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater …

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      WEBMaxillopoda. (os­tra­cods, cope­pods, bar­na­cles) Max­il­lopods in­clude bar­na­cles, cope­pods, mys­ta­co­carids, tan­tu­lo­carids, branchi­u­rans, os­tra­cods, and re­lated groups. Most species are small. Most feed by …

    • Introduction to Maxillopoda - University of California …

      WEBIntroduction to Maxillopoda. The little ones! Maxillopods are generally small animals with barnacles being the exception to this rule. They commonly have shortened bodies, with a reduced abdomen that …

    • Maxillopoda - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

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