Definitions
Copepodid
- Postnaupliar developmental stages of copepods. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
- (Taxon-specific: Subclass Copepoda) A developmental stage without a naupliar arthrite on antenna 2, usually with articulating thoracic somites and more than three transformed limbs, and often with articulating abdominal somites. Copepodid stages are designated by Roman numerals. [Ferrari and Dahms, in press]
- (Taxon-specific: Subclass Copepoda) Postnaupliar developmental stage (Copepoda). [McLaughlin, 1980]
- (Taxon-specific: Subclass Copepoda) The postnaupliar phase in copepod development. [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004]