Property:Definition
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A ciliated, free swimming larva; lacks a mouth but in older stages may include a gastrovascular cavity (Stachowitsch, 1992) +
Living permanently at the water surface due to their own buoyancy, normally positioned partly in the water and partly in the air. +
Transfer of male gametophyte (pollen) to the 'female' part of a flower +
18-<30 psu (included under MNCR Reduced, 18-30 psu) +
An ambush predator that uses a sudden, rapid movement to 'pounce on, grab or swallow' its prey once the prey in within short range. +
Predatory behaviour in which one animal species captures a member of another species (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998). OR mobile animals that attack kill and consume individual prey items, usually one at a time. +
Species that are known to be present in their introduced range and are subject to some control option. +
Common in OSPAR Regions II, III +
A condition of hermaphroditism in plants and animals where male gametes mature and are shed before female gametes mature (Holmes, 1979). +
A condition of hermaphroditism in plants and animals where female gametes mature and are shed before male gametes mature (Holmes 1979). +
Larval pycnogonid that bears three pairs of appendages, the chelicerae, palps and ovigerous legs (Ruppert & Barnes, 1996). +
Third larval stage in Decapoda, characterized by antennal locomotion (see Stachowitsch, 1992) +
Males develop from diploid fertilized eggs but subsequently eliminate or silence the paternal genome +
An organism that hunts in a team, pack, pod, flock, swarm etc +
An organism that chases after, catches and subdues mobile prey (e.g. predatory polychaetes, squid, fish, otter, seal, seabirds) +
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Body size measured in terms of mega, macro, meio/meso and micro. +
Body size measured in numerical values. +
