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Ahlia egmontis (Worm eel; Key worm eel)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The key worm eel, Ahlia egmontis, is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is the only member of its genus. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Canada through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean islands to Brazil in reef environments.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  
Seaflower Marine Protected Area 15125514 Colombia      

Predators

Albula vulpes (Bonefish)[1]
Hyporthodus flavolimbatus (Grouper)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Feeding Habits of bonefish, Albula vulpes, from the waters of the Florida Keys, Roy E. Crabtree, Connie Stevens, Derke Snodgrass, Fredrik J. Stengard, Florida Marine Research Institute, Fishery Bulletin 96(4):754-766 (1998)
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0