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WoRMS taxon details
Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780)
AphiaID: 106377
AphiaID: 106377
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Ctenophora (Phylum) > Tentaculata (Class) > Cydippida (Order) > Mertensiidae (Family) > Mertensia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Mertensia Lesson, 1836 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Mertensia cucullus L. Agassiz, 1860 (Synonym) | ||||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Arctic Ocean [details] Cobscook Bay [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| 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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