2.4. Copepod phylogeny
The 18S rDNA gene sequences of five copepod genera (used in the present
study) were extracted from the Genbank (NCBI). These sequences were
aligned and the consensus representative sequence from each genus was
obtained using Mega X version. These consensus sequences were used for
studying the phylogenetic relationship between the copepods at genera
level using Neighbor-joining tree in Mega X [37].