WoRMS taxon details
Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837)
AphiaID: 126580
AphiaID: 126580
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Myctophiformes (Order) > Myctophidae (Family) > Benthosema (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Benthosema Goode & Bean, 1896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Benthosema glacialis (Reinhardt, 1837) (misspelling) Lampanyctus glacialis (Reinhardt, 1837) Myctophum glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837) Myctophum glaciale knipovitschi Soldatov, 1939 Myctophum glaciale thori Tåning, 1918 Myctophum glacialis (Reinhardt, 1837) (misspelling) Scopelus glacialis Reinhardt, 1837 Scopelus parvimanus Günther, 1864 Scopelus scoticus Günther, 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, 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. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 18 [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Hudson Strait [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Ungava Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Sarcotretes scopeli Jungersen, 1911 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 27 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on copepods, euphausiids and copepodites [details] Distribution: Baffin Bay to northern edge of Gulf Stream [details] Habitat: Nyctoepipelagic species, migrates from daytime depth of 375- 800 m to 12- 200 m at night. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Mesopelagic [details] Habitat: Bathypelagic [details] Habitat: Epipelagic [details] Reproduction: Spawns from April- August; open water/ substratum egg scatterers, reported to perish after spawning [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126580 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126580 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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