Hesionidae () |
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benthic; marine; depth range 27 - 237 m |
Arctic, Northeast Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean: from Alaska to Canada and Florida, east to Egypt and north to Svalbard. Polar to subtropical. |
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Both a carnivore and surface deposit feeder; feeds on diatoms, detritus, copepods, foraminiferans and on a variety of small invertebrates (based on the feeding ecology of the family Hesionidae; Ref. 87179) (Ref. 2711). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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