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Table 2.

Lipid data of several calanoid copepod from the Antarctic Weddell Sea (modified after Hagen and Auel, 2001). DM: dry mass.

Characteristics Calanoides acutus Rhincalanus gigas Calanus propinquus Metridia gerlachei Pareuchaeta antarctica
Maximum size (mm) 5 8 5 4 9
Maximum lipid content 51% DM 33% DM 56% DM 44% DM 45% DM
Major storage lipid Wax esters Wax esters triacylglycerols Wax esters/triacylglycerols Wax esters
Typical fatty acids 20:1; 22:1 16:1; 18:1; 18:4 22:1 (2 isomers) 16:1; 18:1 16:1; 18:1
Typical fatty alcohols 20:1; 22:1 14:0; 16:0 14:0; 16:0 14:0; 16:0

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