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Bluntnose Lanternfish

Diaphus metopoclampus (Cocco 1829)

body length

MADtraits

8 cm

(max)
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5 cm

(average)

habitat

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pelagic zone
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000208

Definition: An open ocean region.

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migration

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nonmigratory
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/nonmigratory

Definition: Does not make seasonal movements between breeding and wintering grounds.

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reproduction

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iteroparous
URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/STRAT_ITER

Definition: Breeding several times per lifetime.

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sexual system

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dioecious
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/dioecious

Definition: Dioecy is characterised by a species having distinct male and female organisms.

Attribution: K. S. Bawa (1980). Evolution of Dioecy in Flowering Plants. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 11, pp. 15–39.

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social system

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solitary
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/solitary

Definition: Solitary animals are those that spend a majority of their lives without others of their species, with possible exceptions for mating and raising their young. Antonyms for a solitary animal include a social animal or a colonial animal.

Attribution: https://www.definitions.net/definition/solitary+animal

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trophic guild

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carnivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875

Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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(adult)
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3.3

water depth

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1080 m

(max)
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90 m

(min)