Nematodes

• 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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• 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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• known marine species

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DescribedAcceptedSpecies
  • Definition: number of currently described and taxonomically accepted marine species in this clade (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)

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  6900
• geographic distribution includes

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
  • Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.

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  Mozambique

  • URI: https://www.geonames.org/1036973

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• locomotion

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011
  • Definition: Self-propelled movement of a cell or organism from one location to another.
  • Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]

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  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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• skeleton structure

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_0002342
  • Definition: The structure of a skeleton.

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  soft bodied

  • URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12501479
  • Definition: non-skeletal fauna

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• type specimen repository

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
  • Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).

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  NHMUK

nematodes includes 2 children:

• Chromadorea (Chromadoreans)
• Enoplea (Enopleans)
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