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Gerlachea australis (Antarctic dragonfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Gerlachea australis is a species of Antarctic dragonfish found at depths of from 200 to 670 metres (660 to 2,200 ft) over the Antarctic continental shelf. This species grows to a length of 24 centimetres (9.4 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.
View Wikipedia Record: Gerlachea australis

Prey / Diet

Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill)[1]
Hyperiella antarctica[1]

Predators

Aptenodytes forsteri (Emperor Penguin)[2]
Dissostichus mawsoni (Antarctic blenny)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ascarophis nototheniae[3]
Contracaecum osculatum[3]
Contracaecum radiatum[3]

External References

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.
♦ 2The role of notothenioid fish in the food web of the Ross Sea shelf waters: a review, M. La Mesa, J. T. Eastman, M. Vacchi, Polar Biol (2004) 27: 321–338
♦ 3Gibson, 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