their size is usually 0.25 - 3 mm.
You can find them amongst plants,organic matter, Planktonic etc.
The cyclops is one of the easiest creature to see and identify with a naked eye (pond creature that is..). The female often carries a pair of egg sacs and is a very fast and agile swimmer! t only has one eye and therefore it was named after the Greek mythological creature.
They are usually a drab green or brown but can be quite brightly coloured. Another common copepod Diaptomus has one egg sac, longer antennae, and long thin body.
Classification :Kingdom - Animalia, Phylum - Crustacea, Class - Copepoda
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