Property:Definition
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Organisms that grow by the repeated iteration of parts, e.g. the leaves, shoots and branches of a plant, the polyps of a coral or bryozoan. Modular organisms are almost always branched, though the connections between branches may separate or decay and the separated parts may in many cases then become physiologically independent (Begon ''et al.'', 2005). +
A species which exists to the exclusion of all other species including dense mats or in 100% of survey counts. +
Both male and female reproductive organs in a single individual (animals) or flower (plants) (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998). +
Resembling a crescent moon (see Olenina ''et al.'', 2006) +
Traits that describes specialized mouth parts +
Secretion of a simple or complex mucus mesh to filter food particles from water column (e.g polychaetes ''Chaetopterus'' and larvaceans. +
Mud and sandy muds where mud is the major fraction (see Long, 2006) +
Gravel (30-80%) with mud (see Long, 2006) +
Gravel (30-80%) with mud and sand (see Long, 2006) +
The free-swimming eight armed (lobed) ciliated larva of Platyhelminthes (see Rupert & Barnes, 1994). +
Many generations per year (Barnes ''et al.'', 2006). +
Swimming is effected by muscular contractions along the length of the body, which may be aided by body protrusions or structures (e.g. parapodia, fins). +
The proboscis has thickened, strongly muscular walls and can be retracted into a sheath. In other cases the pharynx is partially retracted and partially inverted. The mouth proper is located at the tip of the pharynx when fully everted. While some taxa have a jaw-less proboscis, others have jaws present as a bilaterally arranged pair, as one or two dorso-ventrally arranged pairs or as two pairs forming a cross. +
A symbiosis in which both organisms benefit; frequently a relationship of complete dependence. (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998) (cf.symbiosis, commensalism, parasite). +
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Species that is native and endemic to a country or sea area i.e. a species that is unique to a location or habitat. +
Species that is native to an area but is not endemic to it i.e. a species that has a wide native range. +
