zooplankterhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zooplankter_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezooplankter, n.
Revised 2017

zooplankternoun

  1. 1935–
    An individual or species of the zooplankton; a zooplanktonic animal.
    1. 1935
      The determination of the food of zooplankters can be approached in two ways.
      P. S. Welch, Limnology ix. 249
    2. 1992
      Daphnia, a small..freshwater crustacean zooplankter, is a generalist herbivore.
      Oecologia vol. 92 48/2
    3. 2008
      Typically, zooplankters will spend the daylight hours in deeper water and rise toward the surface at dusk.
      S. L. Woodward, Marine Biomes i. 30

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.