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Cottunculus microps (Polar sculpin)

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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park National Marine Conservation Area II 310822 Canada

Prey / Diet

Lumpenus lampretaeformis (serpent blenny)[1]
Ophiopholis aculeata (daisy brittle star)[1]

Predators

Amblyraja hyperborea (Arctic skate)[1]
Amblyraja radiata (Starry ray)[1]
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Turbot)[1]
Somniosus microcephalus (gray shark)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Caudotestis opisthorchis[2]
Helicometra plovmornini[2]
Paralepidapedon williamsi[2]
Scolex pleuronectis[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

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
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