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Valid name (ICZN) or name considered to be taxonomically correct (ICBN)
Species
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Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m.
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A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy
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Concerning the hitherto unknown males of the copepods Microsetella rosea (Dana), Vettoria granulosa (Giesbrecht) and Corissa parva Farran.
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Harpacticoiden (Crustacea, Copepoda) aus dem Küstengrundwasser der französischen Mittelmeerküste. [Harpacticoids (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the coastal groundwater of the French Mediterranean coast.]
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Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin.
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Abundance and spatial distribution of neustonic copepodits of Microsetella rosea (Harpacticoida: Ectinosomatidae) along the western Magellan coast, southern Chile. Abundancia y distribución espacial de copepoditos neustónicos de Microsetella rosea (Harpacticoida: Ectinosomatidae) en la costa occidental de Magallanes, Chile
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Distribution for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) - Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) - Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) - Subantarctic Waters
Distribution for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) - New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) - Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) - FAO fishing area 18
Distribution for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) - FAO fishing area 67
Distribution for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) - North East Pacific
Distribution for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part]
Distribution for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) - North Pacific
Taxon Description Supporting structure & enclosure for Taxon denoted by name 1080
Taxon Description Body size (qualitative) for Taxon denoted by name 1102
Taxon Description Functional group for Taxon denoted by name 115341
Taxon Description Body size for Taxon denoted by name 116116
Taxon Description Nomenclature code for Taxon denoted by name 2
Specification Context: Structure Solid
Specification Context: Composition Chitinous
Specification Context: Life stage adult
Specification Context: Unit mm
Specification Context: Type minimum
Specification Context: Dimension length
Specification Context: Sex female
Specification Context: Sex male
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 25217
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 7125
Specification Context: Type maximum