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Bolinopsis infundibulum (Müller, 1776) 
AphiaID: 106393

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Ctenophora (Phylum) > Tentaculata (Class) > Lobata (Order) > Bolinopsidae (Family) > Bolinopsis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Species
Parent Bolinopsis L. Agassiz, 1860
Synonymised
taxa
  Bolinopsis alata (Synonym)
Bolinopsis microptera (Synonym)
Bolinopsis septentrionalis (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: Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English common northern comb jelly  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Cobscook Bay [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Saint Andrews [details]
Links To GenBank
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: predaceous on fish fry, copepods, and other small organisms of zooplankton [details]

Distribution: Cape Hatteras to Arctic [details]

Habitat: upper epipelagic [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]

Taxonomy: Order: Thalassocalycida, according to Trott (2004). [details]
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-04 16:28:44Z  changed  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2010). Bolinopsis infundibulum (Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106393 on 2010-09-02
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