Overview
Distribution
Caribbean Sea, Colombia, Gulf of Mexico
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Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145245
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Miloslavich P, Díaz JM, Klein E, Alvarado JJ, Díaz C, et al. (2010) Marine Biodiversity in the Caribbean: Regional Estimates and Distribution Patterns. PLoS ONE 5(8): e11916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011916
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145466
© WoRMS for SMEBD
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World Register of Marine Species
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Physical Description
Type Information
Paratype for Cataegis meroglypta McLean & Quinn, 1987
Catalog Number: USNM 784757
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Dry
Year Collected: 1966
Locality: Punta Piedras, West Of Punta Piedras, Colombia, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 421 to 641
Vessel: Pillsbury R/V
Catalog Number: USNM 784757
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Dry
Year Collected: 1966
Locality: Punta Piedras, West Of Punta Piedras, Colombia, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 421 to 641
Vessel: Pillsbury R/V
- Paratype: Mclean, J. & Quinn, J. 1987. Nautilus. 101 (3): 111-116.
© Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 1 specimen in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 587.5 - 587.5
Temperature range (°C): 7.150 - 7.150
Nitrate (umol/L): 30.171 - 30.171
Salinity (PPS): 34.899 - 34.899
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.108 - 3.108
Phosphate (umol/l): 2.041 - 2.041
Silicate (umol/l): 18.986 - 18.986
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 587.5 - 587.5
Temperature range (°C): 7.150 - 7.150
Nitrate (umol/L): 30.171 - 30.171
Salinity (PPS): 34.899 - 34.899
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.108 - 3.108
Phosphate (umol/l): 2.041 - 2.041
Silicate (umol/l): 18.986 - 18.986
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Wikipedia
Cataegis meroglypta
Cataegis meroglypta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cataegidae.[1]
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Description
The height of the shell attains 19 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean, in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia and in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.
References
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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Wikipedia
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