Animalia > Chordata > Lophiiformes > Himantolophidae > Himantolophus > Himantolophus groenlandicus

Himantolophus groenlandicus (Atlantic footballfish)

Synonyms: Corynolophus globosus; Corynolophus reinhardti; Himantolophus ranoides; Himantolophus reinhardti
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Atlantic footballfish (Himantolophus groenlandicus), also known as the man-gobbler, is an anglerfish found in extreme depths of the ocean. Despite its name, this species lives in all oceans, but is primarily found in cold and temperate regions.
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Prey / Diet

Benthodesmus simonyi (cutlassfish)[1]
Histioteuthis bonnellii (umbrella squid)[1]
Poromitra capito (Ridgehead)[1]
Trisopterus esmarkii (Norway pout)[1]

Predators

Himantolophus paucifilosus[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Heterotyphlum himantolophi <Unverified Name>[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit 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.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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