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Ghost Shrimp

Caprella linearis (Linnaeus 1767)

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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are eaten by

Global Biotic Interactions

Symphodus melops (Linnaeus 1758) (Corkwing Wrasse)
Global Biotic Interactions

Pollachius virens (Linnaeus 1758) (saithe)
Global Biotic Interactions

Symphodus melops (Linnaeus 1758) (Corkwing Wrasse)
Global Biotic Interactions

Pollachius virens (Linnaeus 1758) (saithe)

are parasitized by

Global Biotic Interactions

Hysterothylacium aduncum (Rudolphi 1802) Deardorff & Overstreet 1981

are preyed upon by

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Global Biotic Interactions

Limanda limanda (Linnaeus 1758) (Common Dab)
Global Biotic Interactions

Chelon labrosus (Risso 1827) (Grey Mullet)
Global Biotic Interactions

Pollachius virens (Linnaeus 1758) (saithe)
Global Biotic Interactions

Coryphoblennius galerita (Linnaeus 1758) (Montagu's Blenny)
Global Biotic Interactions

Labrus bergylta Ascanius 1767 (Ballan Wrasse)

body length

World Register of Marine Species

22 mm

(male, unknown)
World Register of Marine Species

14 mm

(female, unknown)

cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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ecosystem engineering

Queirós et al 2013
surficial modifier
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/surficialModifier

Definition: bioturbating fauna with activities restricted to the sediment layer immediately below the sediment surface

Attribution: S. Lindqvist, Engelbrektsson, Eriksson, Hulth. 2016. Functional classification of bioturbating macrofauna in marine sediments using time-resolved imaging of particle displacement and multivariate analysis. Biogeosciences Discuss, 13 Oct. 2016. doi:10.5194/bg-2016-411.

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geographic distribution

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United States Species List
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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Skagerrak Species List
Skagerrak
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/2379

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Philippine Sea Species List
Philippine Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4300

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North Sea Species List
North Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/2350

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North Atlantic Species List
North Atlantic
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1912

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have endoparasite

Global Biotic Interactions

Hysterothylacium aduncum (Rudolphi 1802) Deardorff & Overstreet 1981

latitude

OBIS environmental data records

6.39722 degrees

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

67.0627 degrees

(max)

locomotion

Hessler 1981
walking
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000056

Definition: locomoting on limbs with body off the ground such that at least one limb is always touching the ground

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(adult)

longitude

OBIS environmental data records

41.6167 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

-74.283 degrees

(min)

mineralized skeleton contains

Mineralogy
calcium carbonate
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_3311

Definition: A carbonate salt that has formula CO3Ca

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motility

Queirós et al 2013
facultatively mobile
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/facultativelyMobile

Definition: Organisms that can change location but do so infrequently, e.g., crinoids, some infaunal bivalves.

Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html

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number of dna records in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

22

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

1270

number of specimens in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

22

prey on

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Global Biotic Interactions

Tigriopus californicus (Baker 1912)
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Acartia (Acartiura) clausi Giesbrecht 1889
Global Biotic Interactions

Paracalanus parvus
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Pseudocalanus elongatus (Brady 1865)
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Temora longicornis (Müller O. F. 1785)

water depth

OBIS environmental data records

125 m

(max)

water dissolved o2 concentration

OBIS environmental data records

7.326 mL/L

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

5.02 mL/L

(min)

water nitrate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

13.647 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

0.584 µmol/l

(min)

water o2 saturation

OBIS environmental data records

75.729 percent

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

103.715 percent

(max)

water phosphate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

0.051 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

1.148 µmol/l

(max)

water salinity

OBIS environmental data records

25.879 psu

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

34.903 psu

(max)

water silicate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

11.388 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

2.147 µmol/l

(min)

water temperature

OBIS environmental data records

11.624 degrees celsius

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

2.411 degrees celsius

(min)