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CaRMS taxon detailsAmphiporus ochraceus (Verrill, 1873)
156301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156301)
accepted
Species
marine,
Not documented
Distribution Maine coastline down to Florida
Distribution Maine coastline down to Florida [details]
Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R.; Herrera Bachiller, A.; Strand, M. (2024). World Nemertea Database. Amphiporus ochraceus (Verrill, 1873). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156301 on 2024-04-20
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Amphiporus ochraceus (Verrill, 1873). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156301 on 2024-04-20
Date action by
basis of record
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
 additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details] additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors additional source Norenburg, J. L. 2009. Nemertea of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 553–558 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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 40 mm by 3 mm [details] Distribution Maine coastline down to Florida [details] Habitat benthic, living under rocks or in burrows in soft substrata, or crawling among algae, hydroids, or in bottom debris [details] Reproduction sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details] remark species fragment easily when handled [details] |
