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Torpediniformes

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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auditory system

Ladich and Popper 2004
otoliths
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q591800

Definition: Inner-ear structure in vertebrates which detects acceleration and may detect acoustic signals

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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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hearing range

Ladich and Popper 2004

40 Hz

(min)
Ladich and Popper 2004

300 Hz

(max)

mineralized skeleton contains

Mineralogy
hydroxylapatite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52255

Definition: A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).

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mineralized tissue contains

Mineralogy
hydroxylapatite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52255

Definition: A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).

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Mineralogy
apatite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52254

Definition: A phosphate mineral with the general formula Ca5(PO4)3X where X = OH, F or Cl

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number of dna records in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

37

number of specimens in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

39

sensory system

Bullock et al 1983
electroreception
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1326528

Definition: detection and measurement of weak electric fields, via specialized sense organs and brain structures that process this information

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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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