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body length
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1.2 mm
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0.43 mm
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Mediterranean Sea
URI:
http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1905
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mesopelagic zone
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000213
Definition:
The zone of an ocean immediately below the photic zone down to a depth where the water temperature is 10degC (the thermocline).
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bathypelagic zone
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000211
Definition:
The one of an ocean below the 10degC thermocline down to a temperature of 4degC.
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photic zone
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000209
Definition:
The zone of an ocean from the surface to 200m where photosynthesis can occur, due to the penetration of light.
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sac spawner
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/sacSpawner
Definition:
Sac spawners lay their eggs into an ovigerous sac. Sac spawners spawn few but relatively large eggs that develop slowly.
Attribution:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spawn_(biology)#Crustaceans
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omnivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509
Definition:
organism consuming a variety of foods, usually including both plants and animals
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zooplankton feeding mode
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ambush predator
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/ambush
Definition:
organisms that capture or trap prey by stealth or by strategy (typically not conscious strategy), rather than by speed or by strength.
Comment:
synonym: sit-and-wait predator
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