CaRMS name details
basis of record
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source
Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy
Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
From other sources
Diet generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may be taken in. feed on protozoans, other microfauna and at times prey their own size [details]
Dimensions length up to 240 mm by 12 mm [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details]
Habitat benthic, living under rocks or in burrows in soft substrata, or crawling among algae, hydroids, or in bottom debris; this species is also bathypelagic by swimming during periods of sexual activity [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details]
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled [details]
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