Name
Copepoda
Framing
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Copepoda
Habitat
Aquatic (marine and freshwater), planktonic or benthic; many members of the group are ecto- or endoparasites
Feeding
Free life or parasites. Lonely. Diversity of types of food: Phytophagous (algae), detritivores, planktivores, microphages (diatoms, bacteria, protists), parasites
Distribution
Cosmopolitan
