Lucicutia ovalis is a species of copepods in the family Lucicutiidae. They are omnivore-herbivores. Individuals can grow to 2.00 mm. They are broadcast spawners.
Definition: Hard framework, internal or external, which supports and protects softer parts of plant, animal or unicellular organism, and to which muscles usually attach in animals, includes skeletons (derived from Lawrence, 2005).
Definition: a sub-group of suspension feeding animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure