macroplankton

English

Etymology

From macro- +‎ plankton.

Noun

macroplankton (countable and uncountable, plural macroplanktons)

1. Plankton ranging in size from 2 to 20 centimetres in maximal dimension.
   • (Can we date this quote?), “Plankton”, in Biology Online‎^[1]:

     Morphological details of individual organisms of macroplanktons are easily discernible due to their large sizes while the same is not possible with the naked eyes for femtoplanktons and other microscopic planktonic forms.

Usage notes

• Can refer to other size ranges

Coordinate terms

• megaplankton (>20cm), macroplankton (2-20 cm), mesoplankton (0.2-20mm), microplankton (20-200μm), nanoplankton (2-20μm), picoplankton (0.2-2μm), femtoplankton (<0.2μm)