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Report on the Copepoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76.
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The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic.
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A guide to the marine flora and fauna of the Bay of Fundy: Copepoda: Calanoida.
Roff, J.C. (1978). A guide to the marine flora and fauna of the Bay of Fundy: Copepoda: Calanoida. Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 823. 27 p.
Records of pelagic copepods off Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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Calanoid copepods of the family Aetideidae of the world ocean.
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Calanoid Copepods from the Central North Pacific Ocean.
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Calanoid copepods of the genus Euchirella from the Gulf of Mexico.
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The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account IV. Family Aetideidae (Part 2).
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Pelagic Copepoda. Part I. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Calanidae up to and including Euchaetidae.
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Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin.
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Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas.
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The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts.
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Euchirella rostrata (Plate 2 fig. 11) Source Giesbrecht, W. 1893. Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel 19:1-831, pls. 1-54. (1892)
Sars, G.O. (1924). Copépodes particulièrement bathypélagiques provenant des campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. 69(1924-1925):pls. 1-127
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith
Distribution for Euchirella rostrata (Claus, 1866) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Euchirella rostrata (Claus, 1866) - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Euchirella rostrata (Claus, 1866) - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Euchirella rostrata (Claus, 1866) - New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Euchirella rostrata (Claus, 1866) - Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Euchirella rostrata (Claus, 1866) - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Euchirella rostrata (Claus, 1866) - FAO fishing area 67
Distribution for Euchirella rostrata (Claus, 1866) - North East Pacific
Distribution for Euchirella rostrata (Claus, 1866) - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part]
Distribution for Euchirella rostrata (Claus, 1866) - North Pacific
Taxon Description Body size for Taxon denoted by name 104303
Taxon Description Supporting structure & enclosure for Taxon denoted by name 1080
Taxon Description Functional group for Taxon denoted by name 104075
Taxon Description Body size (qualitative) for Taxon denoted by name 104075
Taxon Description Nomenclature code for Taxon denoted by name 2
Specification Context: Unit mm
Specification Context: Type minimum
Specification Context: Dimension length
Specification Context: Life stage adult
Specification Context: Sex male
Specification Context: Sex female
Specification Context: Type maximum
Specification Context: Structure Solid
Specification Context: Composition Chitinous
Specification Context: Type mean