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Zooplankton of the open Baltic: Extended Atlas - IOW

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3.6. Picture key for major zooplankton taxa<br />

No Character Taxon Examples<br />

1 Unicellular Ciliata<br />

(Page 35)<br />

1a Multicellular 2<br />

2 With obvious<br />

legs/antennae<br />

3<br />

2a<br />

Without obvious<br />

legs/antennae<br />

4<br />

3 Large compound eye;<br />

body with carapace <strong>of</strong><br />

bivalve appearance,<br />

segmentation unclear;<br />

large antennae<br />

Cladocera<br />

(Page 131)<br />

3a<br />

3b<br />

Eye small; body elongated<br />

or cylindrical, with clear<br />

segmentation; antennae<br />

usually large<br />

Single minute eye spot;<br />

body small, unsegmented;<br />

with 3 pairs <strong>of</strong><br />

appendages<br />

Copepoda<br />

(Page 136)<br />

Nauplia <strong>of</strong><br />

Copepoda<br />

(Page 140) or<br />

Cirripedia<br />

(Page 224)<br />

4 Body cylindrical or sackshaped,<br />

covered with<br />

cuticle or lorica, usually<br />

200 µm 5<br />

5 Body segmented, with<br />

parapodia and prominent<br />

bundles <strong>of</strong> chaetae<br />

Polychaeta,<br />

larvae<br />

(Page 146)<br />

5a<br />

Body not segmented;<br />

without spines<br />

6<br />

33

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