Acartia ensifera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Calanoida |
Family: | Acartiidae |
Genus: | Acartia |
Species: | A. ensifera
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Binomial name | |
Acartia ensifera
Brady, 1899
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Acartia ensifera is a species of marine copepod belonging to the family Acartiidae. This is a slender copepod, around 0.8–0.9 mm (0.031–0.035 in) in length, with distinctively long caudal rami. It is found around the coasts of New Zealand. [1]