Cirratulus Lamarck 1818

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Cirratulus is a genus of segmented worms in the family red threads worms. They are surficial modifiers. They have parental care. They are sessile animals.

URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/surficialModifier
Definition: bioturbating fauna with activities restricted to the sediment layer immediately below the sediment surface
Attribution: S. Lindqvist, Engelbrektsson, Eriksson, Hulth. 2016. Functional classification of bioturbating macrofauna in marine sediments using time-resolved imaging of particle displacement and multivariate analysis. Biogeosciences Discuss, 13 Oct. 2016. doi:10.5194/bg-2016-411.

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URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/BP_YES
Definition: this term applies to a species that provides any parental care to its offspring

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860
Definition: organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile

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EOL has data for 18 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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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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appendages
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q13415392
- Definition: external body part, or natural prolongation, that protrudes from the body of an organism
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biramous parapodia
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/biramous_parapodia
- Definition: parapodia (paired fleshy lateral processes) that end in two branches
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body shape
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BodyShape
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vermiform
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7921571
- Definition: shaped like a worm
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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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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ecosystem engineering
- URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RW
- Definition: directly or indirectly modulating the availability of resources to other species, by causing physical state changes in biotic or abiotic materials; modifying, maintaining and/or creating habitats
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surficial modifier
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/surficialModifier
- Definition: bioturbating fauna with activities restricted to the sediment layer immediately below the sediment surface
- Attribution: S. Lindqvist, Engelbrektsson, Eriksson, Hulth. 2016. Functional classification of bioturbating macrofauna in marine sediments using time-resolved imaging of particle displacement and multivariate analysis. Biogeosciences Discuss, 13 Oct. 2016. doi:10.5194/bg-2016-411.
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motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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sessile
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860
- Definition: organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile
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parental care
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0060746
- Definition: A reproductive behavior in which a parent cares for and rears offspring.
- Comment: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dph]
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parental care
- URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/BP_YES
- Definition: this term applies to a species that provides any parental care to its offspring
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sexual metamorphosis
- URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/SM
- Definition: Conspicuous change in the organism's body structure prior to reproduction
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yes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/yes
- Definition: This statement is true; the answer to this question is yes.
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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deposit feeder
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/depositFeeder
- Definition: an organism that eats particulate organic material in or on sediments.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Cirratulus Lamarck 1818. View this species on GBIF

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Cirratulus Lamarck 1818

Cirratulus includes 43 children: