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Microcosmus solanoides (Herdman 1899)

Body organization

Shenkar et al 2011
solitary
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/solitary

Definition: Solitary animals are those that spend a majority of their lives without others of their species, with possible exceptions for mating and raising their young. Antonyms for a solitary animal include a social animal or a colonial animal.

Attribution: https://www.definitions.net/definition/solitary+animal

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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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ecomorphological guild

Shenkar et al 2011
benthic
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/benthic

Definition: Living at the bottom of a body of water.

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(adult)

mineralized skeleton contains

Mineralogy
purines
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_26401

Definition: A class of imidazopyrimidines that consists of purine and its substituted derivatives.

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Mineralogy
uric acid
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_27226

Definition: An oxopurine that is the final oxidation product of purine metabolism.

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trophic guild

Brusca and Brusca, 2003
mucus net feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mucus_net_feeder

Definition: A consumer that uses patches or a sheet of mucus to capture food particles suspended in the water column

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(adult)

visual system

Nilsson 2013
ocelli
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001758

Definition: small simple eyes, found in many invertebrates, usually consisting of a few sensory cells and a single lens

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(larval)