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Tantulocaridans: Tantulocarida - Physical Characteristics, Behavior And Reproduction, No Common Name (itoitantulus Misophricola): Species Account - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, DIET, TANTULOCARIDANS AND PEOPLE, CONSERVATION STATUS

NO COMMON NAME (Itoitantulus misophricola): SPECIES ACCOUNT

GEOGRAPHIC RANGE

Very little is know about the distribution of these animals because of their small size. They are currently known to live in the North and South Pacific, North and South Atlantic, Arctic, and Antarctic oceans.


HABITAT

Tantulocaridans spend most of their lives attached to other marine crustaceans living on the ocean floor. Their hosts include cumaceans, tanaids, isopods, amphipods, copepods, and ostracods. Some larval stages are also found in mud or sand on the ocean bottom.


DIET

Tantulocaridans are external parasites and feed on the body fluids of their hosts.


TANTULOCARIDANS AND PEOPLE

Tantulocaridans do not impact people or their activities.


CONSERVATION STATUS

No tantulocaridans are considered threatened or endangered.

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