Taonius Steenstrup 1861

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Taonius is a genus of cephalopods in the family glass squids.

EOL has data for 14 attributes, including:

bioluminescent
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Bioluminescent
- Definition: Has this organism been observed to produce and transmit light?
- Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioluminescence
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yes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/yes
- Definition: This statement is true; the answer to this question is yes.
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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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nectonic
- URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Nekton
- Definition: Active swimming organisms that live in the water column and are able to move independently of the water mass (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).
- Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Nekton
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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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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number of public records in bold
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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3
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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3417.5 m
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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22.868 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Taonius Steenstrup 1861. View this species on GBIF

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Taonius includes 4 children: