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ARROWWORM [2 records]

Record 1 1990-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Worms and Related Organisms
DEF

Any member of the invertebrate phylum chaetognatha, a group of small wormlike marine animals with transparent to translucent or opaque arrow-shaped bodies.

CONT

There was also a weak long-term relation between larval mortality and the number of such predators as jellyfish and the finned, wormlike invertebrates called chaetognaths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vers et organismes apparentés
DEF

Petit invertébré marin planctonique, carnassier, à corps fusiforme.

CONT

On n'a trouvé qu'une faible corrélation entre la mortalité larvaire [du capelan] et le nombre des prédateurs tels que les méduses et les chétognathes (des invertébrés en forme de ver et possédant des nageoires).

OBS

Les chétognates constituent [aussi] un minuscule embranchement.

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Worms and Related Organisms
DEF

arrowworm: A worm of the class Chaetognatha.

OBS

glass worm: so called for its transparency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vers et organismes apparentés
DEF

Invertébré marin de petite taille, transparent et pélagique, nageur rapide et carnassier, de l'embranchement des chétognathes.

Spanish

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