Podoplea
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| Podoplea | |
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| Cyclops sp. (Cyclopoida) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Infraclass: | Neocopepoda |
| Superorder: | Podoplea Giesbrecht, 1882[1] |
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Podoplea is a superorder of copepods in the infraclass Neocopepoda that was named by Wilhelm Giesbrecht in 1882.[1] It has a worldwide distribution, with documented appearances in the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern oceans.[1][2]
