''Acartia tranteri'' 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 Australian species is related to the New Zealand species ''
A. ensifera'', ''
A. jilletti'' and ''
A. simplex'' but can be distinguished by the lack of any
ventral prominence
posterior to the
genital opening in the female and the presence of posterior spines on the metasome (body segment) of the male.
It is found off the southern coast of Australia (
New South Wales).
References
''Acartia tranteri'' at World of Copepods
Calanoida
Crustaceans described in 1976
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