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Encystment Discovered in a Marine Copepod

1981; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 212; Issue: 4492 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.212.4492.342

1095-9203

Bruce C. Coull, Jonathan Grant,

Crustacean biology and ecology

It has been believed that marine crustacea do not encyst as adults. The benthic copepod Heteropsyllus nunni has been found to encyst in intertidal sands in the summer; free-living forms are abundant in the winter. A unique platelike structure on the cephalothorax is thought to be the site of cyst formation.