taxon:Copepoda, Dirivultidae | species:Stygiopontius quadrispinosis |
axial status very abundant | author: Humes, 1987 |
These Stygiopontius were collected from a high temperature flange - there are thousands in the bottle. Curiously, they collected in helical stripes around the jar. The copepod is likely a surface grazer on microbial filaments." |