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GIGANTOCYPRIS [1 record]

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Record 1 1980-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
OBS

Deep-sea crustacean Gigantocypris has large reflecting eyes that enable it to concentrate the extremely faint light available at a depth of 1,000 meters in the ocean (...) the animal is about a centimeter long, which is large on the scale of its fellow plankton, and its head makes up about half of its body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
OBS

Le crustacé d'eau profonde Gigantocypris a de grands yeux à réflecteurs qui lui permettent de concentrer le peu de lumière existant à 1000 mètres de profondeur (...) Cet animal a une longueur d'environ un centimètre, ce qui est grand à l'échelle de ses congénères du plancton, et sa tête occupe à peu près la moitié de son corps.

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