Property:Definition
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Species whose presence is uncertain, maybe reported as present anecdotally but not confirmed. +
Species that are known to be invasive- those species in whose cases evidence of impact has been recorded or which is spreading aggressively. +
Terms used to describe 'Invasiveness' of species. +
A species whose 'invasiveness' has not been specified in its introduced range. The species is known to be present and has been reported but there is no comment on its invasiveness. +
Species whose invasiveness is uncertain. +
Gametes similar in size, shape and behaviour, not differentiated into male or female (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998) +
Haploid and diploid phases morphologically identical +
1) Breeding several times per lifetime. 2) Organisms that have repeated reproductive cycles (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998). +
J
Swimming is effected by contraction of the body or body cavity to produce a 'jet' of water, e.g. medusae and cephalopods (from Barnes ''et al.'', 2006) +
Organisms able to undertake a rapid jump or hop several times their own body length, using specialised limbs or appendages (e.g. sand hoppers, spring tails, grass hoppers etc) +
Early adult life stage of an organism that shares the morphology and ecology of the adult but is not capable of reproduction. +
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composed of keratin, a fibrous protein rich cysteine constituent of intermediate filaments (keratin filaments), chief material in horn, hair, nails and the upper layer of skin (derived from Lawrence, 2005). +
In which the female of one species steals the food reserves or prey of a female of another species, to feed her own progeny (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998) +
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Enclosed bodies of water, separated or partially separated from the sea by shingle, sand or sometimes rock and with a restricted exchange of water with the sea, yielding varying salinity regimes. +
Lance shaped and usually elongate (Brusca, 1980). +
>512 mm; likely to be stable (Hiscock, 1996). +
Large colonies of indivduals cooperating for mutual benefit, made up of thousnads or more individuals, often with a dominant matriach, e.g. social incests , bees etc. +
An independent, motile, developmental stage of an organism, that differs in morphology and ecology from the juvenile or adult stage, and undergoes a metamorphosis to become the juvenile or adult (adapted from Ruppert & Barnes, 1994; Barnes <em>et al.</em>, 2006). +
Description of how the larvae or juveniles develop into adults +
