Paracalanus parvus

They are omnivore-herbivores. Individuals can grow to 1.4 mm. They are broadcast spawners.

URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/omnivoreHerbivore
Definition: An omnivorous animal that usually or preferentially feeds on plants

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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 7 attributes, including:

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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1.4 mm
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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Mediterranean Sea
- URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1905
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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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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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trophic level
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1053008
- Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.
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omnivore-herbivore
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/omnivoreHerbivore
- Definition: An omnivorous animal that usually or preferentially feeds on plants
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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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filter feeder
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1252491
- Definition: a sub-group of suspension feeding animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure
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