The currently selected color in the palette is indicated by a black rectangle drawn around it. When you click, the point that you're clicking on is at the tip of the arrow or the tip of the pointing finger. Copepods are very important in the food web since many animals eat them. The free-swimming copepods move through the water in jerky motions by moving their swimming legs. Like all crustaceans, copepods molt their exoskeleton as they grow.
Copepods eat bacteria, diatoms, and other tiny, single-celled organisms in the water.
The female copepod produces clusters of eggs that she carries in one or two egg sacs that are attached to her adbdomen. Without our visitors' support, Enchanted Learning would soon be off-line. Please visit our store. As stated in our privacy policy , we fully respect your privacy and will not use your e-mail address for any purpose other than the newsletter subscription.