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Microsetella rosea

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Microsetella rosea is a species in the family Ectinosomatidae.

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Quick facts about Microsetella rosea

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Microsetella rosea live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Microsetella rosea as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Romaniainvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Microsetella rosea endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Microsetella rosea classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classCopepoda
  4. familyEctinosomatidae
  5. genusMicrosetella
  6. SpeciesMicrosetella rosea (Dana, 1847)

Synonyms Canthocamptus roseus, Ectinosoma rosea, Harpacticus roseus, Microsetella rosea

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • アカオヨギソコミジンコJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Microsetella rosea

Other species in the same genus Microsetella.

CompareMicrosetella rosea vs Microsetella norvegica

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Microsetella rosea an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags Microsetella rosea as invasive in 1 country: Romania. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Microsetella rosea (Microsetella rosea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/microsetella-rosea

MLA

“Microsetella rosea (Microsetella rosea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/microsetella-rosea.

BibTeX
@misc{microsetella_rosea_2026,
  title = {Microsetella rosea (Microsetella rosea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/microsetella-rosea},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}