Acartia (Acartiura) clausi Giesbrecht 1889

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Acartia clausi is a species of copepods in the family Acartiidae. They are omnivore-herbivores. Individuals can grow to 1.47 mm. They are broadcast spawners.

URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/omnivoreHerbivore
Definition: An omnivorous animal that usually or preferentially feeds on plants

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/broadcastSpawner
Definition: Broadcast spawners scatter their eggs into the water; they spawn numerous small eggs that develop rapidly.
Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spawn_(biology)#Crustaceans

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EOL has data for 27 attributes, including:

body length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
- Definition: A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
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1.47 mm
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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1.47 mm
carbon biomass
- URI: http://purl.dataone.org/odo/ECSO_00001143
- Definition: The amount of carbon present in biomass
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7.05 µg
diel vertical migration
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/dielVerticalMigration
- Definition: A pattern of movement used by some organisms, such as Copepods, living in the ocean and in lakes. The migration occurs when organisms move up to the epipelagic zone at night and return to the mesopelagic zone of the oceans or to the hypolimnion zone of lakes during the day
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diel_vertical_migration
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decreased quality
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002301
- Definition: A quality that has a value that is decreased compared to normal or average
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dry body mass
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bodyMassDry
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3.14 µg
ecomorphological guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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coastal
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000687
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parental care
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0060746
- Definition: A reproductive behavior in which a parent cares for and rears offspring.
- Comment: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dph]
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broadcast spawner
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/broadcastSpawner
- Definition: Broadcast spawners scatter their eggs into the water; they spawn numerous small eggs that develop rapidly.
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spawn_(biology)#Crustaceans
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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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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water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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-1.146 degrees celsius
zooplankton feeding mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ZooplanktonFeedingMode
- Definition: behavior by which zooplankton obtain food; ambush, feeding current, or cruising. (Barton, AD, Pershing, AJ, Litchman, E, Record, NR, Edwards, KF, Finkel, ZV, Kiørboe, T, Ward, BA. 2013. The biogeography of marine plankton traits. Ecology Letters (2013) 16: 522–534. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12063)
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mixed
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002122
- Definition: A composition quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being composed of more than one identifiable entities.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Acartia (Acartiura) clausi Giesbrecht 1889. View this species on GBIF

DZMB. Silke Laakmann. Year: 2011. cc-by-nc-sa-3.0