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We have found numerous eggs of neritic copepods in sea-bottom sediments. Eggs of 6 species of calanoid copepods: Tortanus forcipatus Giesbrecht, Calanopia thompsoni A. Scott, Acartia erythraea Giesbrecht, A. clausi Giesbrecht, Centropages abdominalis Sato and C. yamadai Mori are described and illustrated. The possibility that these eggs “rest” in the sediments, and their biological significance, are briefly discussed.
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Kasahara, S., Uye, S. & Onbé, T. Calanoid copepod eggs in sea-bottom muds. Marine Biology 26, 167–171 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00388886
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