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Unlike the
other suborders of Amphipoda,
hyperiids are
exclusively marine and do not
occur in
fresh water.
Hyperiids are
distinguished by
their large eyes...
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significantly reducing surface reflection.
Cystisoma are the
largest of
hyperiids,
reaching lengths over 100Â mm.
Cystisoma inhabit the dim
epipelagic and...
- predators—against the
faint light of the sky above. Accordingly,
deeper water hyperiids,
where the
light against which the
silhouettes must be
compared is dimmer...
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pelagic invertebrates include krill, copepods, jellyfish,
decapod larvae,
hyperiid amphipods,
rotifers and cladocerans. Thorson's rule
states that benthic...
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contraction of the bell.
Larger specimens are
frequently found with
symbiotic hyperiid amphipods attached to the subumbrella, or even
occasionally living inside...
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Phronima is a
genus of small, deep sea
hyperiid amphipods of the
family Phronimidae. It is
found throughout the world's oceans,
except in
polar regions...
- medusae, siphonop****s,
colonial radiolarians and ctenop****s, and most
hyperiids are ****ociated with
gelatinous animals during some part of
their life...
- to area.
Small fish
primarily feed on copepods,
euphausiid larvae, and
hyperiids. This
species is
mainly the n****nic prey
species of
seabirds in open...
- (mouth
agape and
gills flared) in the
midst of a
swarm of non-cleaning
hyperiid amphipods; the
mechanical stimulation from the
moving amphipods are thought...
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gregarious species at all
stages of its life cycle, It
feeds on krill,
hyperiids, cephalopods,
chaetognaths and
small fishes. This is a long
lived species...
