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WoRMS taxon details
Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780) AphiaID: 106377
| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Edited by Database Management Team |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Mertensia Lesson, 1836 |
Synonymised taxa | |
Mertensia cucullus L. Agassiz, 1860 (Synonym)
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| Sources | |
basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Ctenophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 122-123 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. [details]
additional source: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details]
additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details]
additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source: Liley, R. (1958). Ctenophora. Replaced by sheet no. 146. Fiches d'identification du zooplancton, 82. ICES: Copenhagen, Denmark. 5 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
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| Environment | | marine |
| Distribution | | Arctic Ocean [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
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| Links | | To GenBank
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Diet: predaceous on fish fry, copepods, and other small organisms of zooplankton [details]
Distribution: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy [details]
Habitat: pelagic [details]
Importance: ecological importance in reducing the number of fish fry, copepods, and other small organisms of the zooplankton (form swarms) [details]
Reproduction: hermaphroditic, fertilization is external [details]
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| | | Citation: WoRMS (2010). Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106377 on 2010-07-30 |
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