investigated protist and metazoans resting stages of the Butrinto Bay; MOSCATELLO & BELMONTE (2006) presented mesozooplankton species composition and abundanc in the Gulf of Vlorë; and MOSCATELLO et al (2011) describe spaee distribution of mierozooplankton in the same bay. SHMELEVA(1964, 1965, 1969) eolleeted some Zooplankton samples in the border area of Albanian open sea waters, focused mostly on the qualitative composition and description of the small copepod speeies of the genera Caloealanus and Oneaea.