| Acartia | |
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| Acartia clausi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Acartiidae |
| Genus: | Acartia Dana, 1846 [1] |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Acartia is a genus of marine calanoid copepods. They are epipelagic, estuarine, zooplanktonic found throughout the oceans of the world, primarily in temperate regions.
- ^ J. D. Dana (1846). "Notice of some genera of Cyclopacea". Journal of Natural History. Series 1. 18 (118): 181–185. doi:10.1080/037454809494408.
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