Tags: Crustacean.

Oncaea venusta is a species of copepod with a cosmopolitan distribution but lacking from the Arctic Ocean. Females are 1.1–1.3 millimetres (0.043–0.051 in) long while males are only 0.8–1.0 mm (0.031–0.039 in) long. The front of the head is unusually wide and the body is brightly coloured usually yellow–orange but sometimes red. O. venusta feeds on a variety of zooplankton and phytoplankton.

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