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Copepoda

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COPEPODA. — The body is not encased in a bivalved shell; its articulated segments are at most eleven, those behind the genital segment being without trace of limbs, but the last almost always carrying a furca. Sexes separate, fertilization by spermatophores. Ova in single or double or rarely several FIG. 3. — Asterope arthuri. Left valve removed.