Centropages kroyeri Giesbrecht 1893

Centropages kroyeri is a species of copepods in the family Centropagidae. Individuals can grow to 1.52 mm. They are broadcast spawners.

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 24 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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1.25 mm
body length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001256
- Definition: The distance from point to point along the longest axis of the body of an organism.
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1.2 mm
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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1.25 mm
carbon biomass
- URI: http://purl.dataone.org/odo/ECSO_00001143
- Definition: The amount of carbon present in biomass
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7.93 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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no
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/no
- Definition: This statement is false; the answer to this question is no.
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dry body mass
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bodyMassDry
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17.2 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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Gulf of Maine
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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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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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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19.839 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 Centropages kroyeri Giesbrecht 1893. View this species on GBIF