context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
basis of recordvan 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 sourceMiner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888.[details]
additional sourceGosner, 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 sourceIntegrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online athttp://www.itis.gov[details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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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]