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Smallest arthropod

Smallest arthropod
Who
Stygotantulus stocki
Where
Not Applicable
When
06 May 2014
The smallest arthropod of any kind (and also the smallest species of crustacean) is Stygotantulus stocki, a tantulocarid. This tiny creature measures only 0.094 mm long, and is an ectoparasite of harpacticoid copepods (which are themselves crustaceans).