Oncaea mediterranea (Claus 1863)

Oncaea mediterranea is a species of copepods in the family Oncaeidae. They are omnivoredetrivores. Individuals can grow to 1.60 mm. They are sac spawners.

URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/omnivoreDetrivore
Definition: An omnivorous animal that usually or preferentially feeds on detritus
Attribution: Benedetti et al 2015

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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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EOL has data for 25 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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0.85 mm
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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0.89 mm
carbon biomass
- URI: http://purl.dataone.org/odo/ECSO_00001143
- Definition: The amount of carbon present in biomass
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14.6 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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31.7 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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www.marinespecies.org
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
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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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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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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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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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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parasite
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12806437
- Definition: organism adapted to living on or in another organism and causing harm to its host
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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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2.506 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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cruising feeder
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/cruising
- Definition: An organism which obtains food by foraging while cruising.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Oncaea mediterranea (Claus 1863). View this species on GBIF

Oncaea mediterranea includes 2 children: