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Serratosagitta tasmanica (Thompson, 1947)

105465  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105465)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chaetognatha (Phylum)
  4. Sagittoidea (Class)
  5. Aphragmophora (Order)
  6. Sagittidae (Family)
  7. Serratosagitta (Genus)
  8. Serratosagitta tasmanica (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution in all oceans  
Distribution in all oceans [details]

Distribution whole coast south to Virginia, along shore  
Distribution whole coast south to Virginia, along shore [details]

Taxonomy are cannibalistic , attacking each other  
Taxonomy are cannibalistic , attacking each other [details]
WoRMS (2024). Serratosagitta tasmanica (Thompson, 1947). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105465 on 2024-11-25
Date
action
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-04 16:37:03Z
changed
van der Land, Jacob
2009-01-02 19:41:35Z
checked
Thuesen, Erik V.

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context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 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  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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 whole coast south to Virginia, along shore [details]

Habitat epipelagic [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]

Taxonomy are cannibalistic , attacking each other [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English arrow worm  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Sagitta tasmanica Thompson, 1947)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serratosagitta tasmanica) 
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
To PESI (from synonym Sagitta tasmanica Thompson, 1947)
To PESI 
To ITIS
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