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WoRMS taxon details
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda)
Pierrot-Bults, A. C.; Nair, V. R. (2010). Horizontal and vertical distribution of Chaetognatha in the upper 1000m of the western Sargasso Sea and the Central and South-east Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research II, 2189-2198 [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Kapp, H. (2001). Chaetognatha, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 335 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source
Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888. [details]
additional source
Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors  [request]
additional source
Bradford-Grieve, J.; Casanova J. (2010). Phylum Chaetognatha: arrow worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 21-26. [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source
Fraser, J.H. (1957). Chaetognatha. <i>Fiches d'identification du zooplancton</i>, 1(Rev. 1). ICES: Copenhagen, Denmark. 6 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Diet Carnivore [details]
Habitat epipelagic at poles with subtropical submergence [details]Unreviewed
Diet microscopic diatoms, protozoans and small larvae of other animals, as well as copepod crustaceans and even larval fish [details]
Dimensions in general, chaetognatha ranged from 9-19 mm [details]
Distribution in all oceans [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Habitat upper mesopelagic of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Importance studied by oceanographers due to their vast horizontal and vertical migrations and they are found throughout all oceans [details]
Predators herring [details]
Reproduction hermaphroditic (male organs in the tail and ovaries in trunk); eggs fertilized internally and shed [details]
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