WoRMS taxon details
Serratosagitta serratodentata (Krohn, 1853)
105464 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105464)
accepted
Species
Sagitta serratodentata Krohn, 1853 · unaccepted (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution in all oceans
Distribution cosmopolitan
Taxonomy are cannibalistic , attacking each other
Distribution in all oceans [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Taxonomy are cannibalistic , attacking each other
Taxonomy are cannibalistic , attacking each other [details]
WoRMS (2025). Serratosagitta serratodentata (Krohn, 1853). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105464 on 2025-04-10
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Kapp, H. (2001). Chaetognatha, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 335 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888. [details]
additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hernández-Flores, R. M., J. A. McLelland, and E. Suárez-Morales. (2009). Planktonic Chaetognatha of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1165–1171 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College State. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888. [details]
additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors

additional source Hernández-Flores, R. M., J. A. McLelland, and E. Suárez-Morales. (2009). Planktonic Chaetognatha of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1165–1171 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College State. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]





Unreviewed
Diet microscopic diatoms, protozoans and small larvae of other animals, as well as copepod crustaceans and even larval fish [details]Dimensions in general, chaetognatha ranged from 9-19 mm [details]
Distribution in all oceans [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat epipelagic [details]
Habitat pelagic [details]
Importance studied by oceanographers due to their vast horizontal and vertical migrations and they are found throughout all oceans [details]
Predators herring [details]
Reproduction hermaphroditic (male organs in the tail and ovaries in trunk); eggs fertilized internally and shed [details]
Taxonomy are cannibalistic , attacking each other [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | arrow worm | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) (from synonym Sagitta serratodentata Krohn, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serratosagitta serratodentata)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Sagitta serratodentata Krohn, 1853)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI (from synonym Sagitta serratodentata Krohn, 1853)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chaetognatha Collection (17 records) (from synonym Sagitta serratodentata Krohn, 1853)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) (from synonym Sagitta serratodentata Krohn, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serratosagitta serratodentata)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Sagitta serratodentata Krohn, 1853)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI (from synonym Sagitta serratodentata Krohn, 1853)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chaetognatha Collection (17 records) (from synonym Sagitta serratodentata Krohn, 1853)
To ITIS