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Acantholaimus gathumai Muthumbi & Vincx 1997

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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body shape

Altman 1965
vermiform
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7921571

Definition: shaped like a worm

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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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geographic distribution

World Register of Marine Species
Indian Ocean
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1904

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World Register of Marine Species
Kenya
URI: http://www.geonames.org/192950

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Indian Ocean Species List
Indian Ocean
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1904

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locomotion

Burr and Robinson 2004
undulatory
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7884068

Definition: motion characterized by wave-like movement patterns that act to propel an animal forward. eg: crawling in snakes, or swimming in the lamprey. Typically utilized by limbless animals

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number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

3

skeleton structure

Mineralogy
soft bodied
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12501479

Definition: non-skeletal fauna

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trophic guild

World Register of Marine Species
epifauna feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/epifauna_feeder

Definition: a carnivore that feeds primarily on epifauna, animals that live attached to surfaces

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