Comprehensive Description
provided by Arctic Ocean Biodiversity 2011
Transparent to whitish; Eyes red
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Life Cycle
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not more than 100 eggs per female life span; one egg clutch per year; offspring released during late winter or spring; Estimated life span 3.5 years
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Trophic Strategy
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Adults primarily omnivorous, and detritivorous; Diet consists of crustaceans, phytodetritus, algae
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Distribution
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lower North Shore, middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands), Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone) to the northeast of Anticosti Island (=Jacques Cartier Strait), Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Esquiman Channel), western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland; southwestern slope of NL.
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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