Copepod <i>Lucicutia hulsemannae</i> (IMAGE)

University of Rhode Island

Copepod <i>Lucicutia hulsemannae</i>

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This is Lucicutia hulsemannae, a copepod that stays at the Lower Oxycline of the Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ). The organism is remarkably tolerant of extremely low oxygen levels, but very sensitive to small changes in those levels.

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Photo by Dawn Outram

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