''Acartia jilletti'' is a species of marine
copepod
Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...
belonging to the family
Acartiidae
Acartiidae is a family of calanoid copepods distinguishable by the rostral margin not being extended. They are epipelagic, plankton
Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms found in Hydrosphere, water (or atmosphere, air) that are u ...
. This species has a total length of up to 1 mm. It is very similar to ''
Acartia ensifera
''Acartia ensifera'' is a species of marine copepod belonging to the family Acartiidae. This is a slender copepod, around in length, with distinctively long caudal rami. It is found around the coasts of New Zealand.
References
''Acartia ensi ...
'' but the female can be distinguished by the shorter
caudal rami and the male by the relative length of spines on the fifth pair of legs.
This species has been recorded from scattered locations around the coast of New Zealand.
References
External links
''Acartia jilletti'' at World of Copepods
Calanoida
Marine crustaceans of New Zealand
Crustaceans described in 1976
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