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Metacanthocephalus johnstoni Zdzitowiecki 1983

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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are endoparasites of

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Global Biotic Interactions

Trematomus newnesi Boulenger 1902 (Dusky notothen)
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Lindbergichthys nudifrons (Lönnberg 1905) (Gaudy notothen)
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Notothenia coriiceps Richardson 1844 (Black rockcod)
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Trematomus bernacchii Boulenger 1902 (Emerald rockcod)
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Notothenia rossii Richardson 1844 (Marbled rockcod)

body length

MADtraits

2.624 mm

(max)
MADtraits

2.0845 mm

(single measurement)
MADtraits

2.0335 mm

(single measurement)
MADtraits

2.492 mm

(max)

body shape

MADtraits
cylinder
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ID_0000058

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Alava and Aguirre 2005
vermiform
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7921571

Definition: shaped like a worm

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body width

MADtraits

0.6325 mm

(single measurement)
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0.592 mm

(single measurement)
MADtraits

0.746 mm

(max)
MADtraits

0.69 mm

(max)

cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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geographic distribution

World Register of Marine Species
Antarctic
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6632710

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have host

Brusca and Brusca, 2003
vertebrates
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/vertebrate

Definition: Members of the clade Vertebrata. http://eol.org/pages/2774383

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(adult)

number of hosts

MADtraits

2
MADtraits

1

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

32

parasitize

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Global Biotic Interactions

Gobionotothen gibberifrons (Lönnberg 1905) (Humped rockcod)
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Parachaenichthys charcoti (Vaillant 1906)
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Parachaenichthys georgianus (Fischer 1885)
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Trematomus bernacchii Boulenger 1902 (Emerald rockcod)
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Trematomus newnesi Boulenger 1902 (Dusky notothen)

reproduction

Fairbairn 2013
sexual reproduction
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953

Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.

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sexual system

Fairbairn 2013
dioecious
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681

Definition: a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.

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trophic guild

World Register of Marine Species
endoparasite
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q9300235

Definition: parasite that lives within the body or cells of its host

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MADtraits
parasite
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12806437

Definition: organism adapted to living on or in another organism and causing harm to its host

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parasite
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12806437

Definition: organism adapted to living on or in another organism and causing harm to its host

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Brusca and Brusca, 2003
intestinal parasite
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q58339313

Definition: parasite that lives within the intestines of its host

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Brusca and Brusca, 2003
vertivore
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/vertivore

Definition: carnivorous animal which eats primarily vertebrates

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