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Psilodraco breviceps (Antarctic dragonfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Psilodraco breviceps is a species of Antarctic dragonfish endemic to the marine waters around South Georgia where it occurs at depths of from 60 to 345 metres (197 to 1,132 ft) (though usually below 248 metres (814 ft). This species grows to a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.
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Prey / Diet

Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ascarophis nototheniae[2]
Elytrophalloides oatesi[2]
Lecithaster macrocotyle[2]
Neolebouria antarctica[2]

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.
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