It is not possible to identify your specimens from the photographs which you have took because:
1 - before photographing your samples it would have been necessary to clean them to obtain a good photos quality ;
2 - to be able to identify them, it would have been necessary also to dissect and draw their appendages.
As expressed in a previous comment, it would be necessary to dissect these animals to be completely certain of the identification. Pictures are great to have, but not always the most reliable means of identification. It would also help to provide context as to where and how these specimens were collected. This will help you locate suitable taxonomic keys for the animals in question.
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where are these copepods from?
If you give some location references, I could handle you an identification guide
It is not easy to identify from the photograph. For S81: it could be family Calanidae; Rhincalanus cornutus.
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