Research Article
List of Zooplankton Taxa in the Caspian Sea Waters of Iran
Table 3
Zooplankton number of taxa (holomeroplankton) in the Caspian Sea waters of Iran during 1996–2010.
| | Zooplankton taxa | After appearance of Mnemiopsis leidyi | Number of taxa
| | 1996-1997 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2009-2010 |
| | Ctenophora | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ciliata | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | | Cladocera | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | | Copepoda | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | | Rotifera | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| | Total holoplankton | 23 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 48 |
| | Arachnida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Cirripedia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | Crustacea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Foraminifera | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Bivalvia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Nematoda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ostracoda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Pisces | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | Polychaeta | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Porifera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Pseudocuma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Total meroplankton | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 13 |
| | Total zooplankton | 32 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 24 | 23 | 61 |
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