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BuccalOrgansAbsent | The buccal cavity lacks obvious differentiation of the wall and it is not eversible. Some species if buccal cavity present at all, is only a transient larval structure and becomes completely occluded. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:BuccalOrgansAbsent | 28 May 2015 13:31:17 |
Budding | A form of asexual multiplication in which a new individual begins life as an outgrowth from the body of the parent. It may then separate to lead an independent existence or remain connected or otherwise associated to form a colonial organism (Barnes et al., 1993). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Budding | 3 June 2015 11:10:56 |
BullateSaccate | Balloon or sac-like (Prescott, 1969). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:BullateSaccate | 7 November 2014 17:23:09 |
BurrowBuilder | An organism that constructs permanent or semi-permanent burrows through physical excavation or chemical action. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:BurrowBuilder | 29 July 2015 11:57:04 |
BurrowDweller | Occupies or shares space in burrow constructed by other organisms. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:BurrowDweller | 2 June 2015 13:11:34 |
Burrower | An organism that moves through the substratum by burrowing or tunneling (e.g. earthworms, polychaetes). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Burrower | 14 May 2015 15:42:08 |
Bysso-Pelagic | Use of a length of byssus thread (e.g. micro-molluscs, juvenile molluscs) or mucus (e.g Nemertesia planulae) to be carried by water flow | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Bysso-Pelagic | 14 May 2015 15:48:11 |
CITES | CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Appendices I, II and III to the Convention are lists of species afforded different levels or types of protection from over-exploitation. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CITES | 5 December 2019 09:08:40 |
CITESAppendixI | Appendix I lists species that are the most endangered among CITES-listed animals and plants (see Article II, paragraph 1 of the Convention). They are threatened with extinction and CITES prohibits international trade in specimens of these species except when the purpose of the import is not commercial (see Article III), for instance for scientific research. In these exceptional cases, trade may take place provided it is authorized by the granting of both an import permit and an export permit (or re-export certificate). Article VII of the Convention provides for a number of exemptions to this general prohibition. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CITESAppendixI | 5 December 2019 08:08:16 |
CITESAppendixII | Appendix II lists species that are not necessarily now threatened with extinction but that may become so unless trade is closely controlled. It also includes so-called "look-alike species", i.e. species whose specimens in trade look like those of species listed for conservation reasons (see Article II, paragraph 2 of the Convention). International trade in specimens of Appendix-II species may be authorized by the granting of an export permit or re-export certificate. No import permit is necessary for these species under CITES (although a permit is needed in some countries that have taken stricter measures than CITES requires). Permits or certificates should only be granted if the relevant authorities are satisfied that certain conditions are met, above all that trade will not be detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild. (See Article IV of the Convention) | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CITESAppendixII | 5 December 2019 08:09:31 |
CITESAppendixIII | Appendix III is a list of species included at the request of a Party that already regulates trade in the species and that needs the cooperation of other countries to prevent unsustainable or illegal exploitation (see Article II, paragraph 3, of the Convention). International trade in specimens of species listed in this Appendix is allowed only on presentation of the appropriate permits or certificates. (See Article V of the Convention) | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CITESAppendixIII | 5 December 2019 08:10:32 |
Calcareous | An organism that constructs reefs or biogenic structures composed of the calcareous skeletons of individuals or colonies (e.g. corals) | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Calcareous | 20 January 2017 14:17:40 |
CalcareousSkeleton | Skeleton composed of calcareous spicules (sponges/echinoderms), plates, spines, bones or other structures | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CalcareousSkeleton | 10 March 2017 13:48:46 |
Calcite | crystalline form of calcium carbonate, e. g. one of the constituents of mollusc shells and the skeletons of calcareous sponges. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Calcite | 23 January 2017 12:28:39 |
Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals | Where a canal, by joining two bodies of water which were not originally naturally joined, becomes a conduit for invasive species migration to a new area/region. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals | 6 May 2015 11:30:00 |
CapitateClubbed | Enlarged or swollen at the apex, with a ‘head’, clubbed (Prescott, 1969). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CapitateClubbed | 14 May 2015 10:36:25 |
Captacula | specialist - scaphopods | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Captacula | 7 November 2014 15:20:38 |
Carnivore | An organism that feeds on animal tissue/meat. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Carnivore | 7 December 2015 15:29:25 |
Cave | A hollow normally eroded in a cliff (or vertical rock) with the penetration being greater than the width of the entrance (Hiscock, 1996). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Cave | 17 July 2015 13:46:45 |
CementedAttached | The surface or body part to which eggs are attached by the parent | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CementedAttached | 3 June 2015 11:08:47 |
CephalicSpines | specialist - chaetognaths | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CephalicSpines | 15 July 2015 16:02:51 |
Chains | Forming chains of individuals | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Chains | 7 November 2014 17:23:51 |
ChangeInAverageTrophicLevelOfMarinePredatorsInTheBayOfBiscay | Common in OSPAR Region IV | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:ChangeInAverageTrophicLevelOfMarinePredatorsInTheBayOfBiscay | 5 December 2019 12:52:48 |
ChangesInBiodiversityIndex | Common in OSPAR Region III | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:ChangesInBiodiversityIndex | 5 December 2019 12:45:39 |
ChangesInPlanktonFunctionalTypesIndexRatio | Common in OSPAR Regions II, III, IV | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:ChangesInPlanktonFunctionalTypesIndexRatio | 5 December 2019 12:16:13 |
Chemoautotroph | An organism that obtains metabolic energy from oxidation of inorganic substrates such as sulphur, nitrogen or iron (e.g. some micro-organisms) (Lincoln et al., 1998). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Chemoautotroph | 22 May 2015 13:28:34 |
Chitinous | composed of chitin, a long-chain polymer of N-acetylglucosamine. It is the chief polysaccharide in fungal cell walls and in the exoskeleton of arthropods (derived form Lawrence, 2005). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Chitinous | 14 March 2017 08:07:51 |
Choanocytes | Special feeding cell of sponges | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Choanocytes | 7 November 2014 14:38:34 |
CiliaFlagella | Swimming is effected by beating of cilia and or flagella; includes the fused cilia of Ctenophores. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CiliaFlagella | 29 July 2015 12:09:38 |
Circalittoral | The subzone of the rocky sublittoral below that dominated by algae (the infralittoral), and dominated by animals. No lower limit is defined, but species composition changes below about 40m to 80m depth, depending on depth of the seasonal thermocline. This subzone can be subdivided into the upper circalittoral where foliose algae are present and the lower circalittoral where they are not (see Hiscock, 1985). The term is also used by Glémarec (1973) to refer to two étages of the sediment benthos below the infralittoral: a "coastal circalittoral category with a eurythermal environment of weak seasonal amplitude (less than 10°C) varying slowly" and a "circalittoral category of the open sea with a stenothermal environment" (Hiscock, 1996). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Circalittoral | 6 May 2015 14:31:55 |
CircalittoralOffshore | Typically occurs below 50-70 metres away from the influence of wave action. Aphotic with animal communities in stable or stenothermal and stenohaline conditions. Open sea (Connor et al., 1997). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CircalittoralOffshore | 28 May 2015 15:28:34 |
Clathrate | Latticed (Holmes, 1979). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Clathrate | 7 November 2014 17:24:01 |
Clawed | e.g. Mammals | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Clawed | 7 November 2014 15:04:04 |
Clay | 1) Sediment particles less than 0.004 mm in size (Wentworth, 1922). 2) A soft very fine-grained sedimentary rock composed primarily of clay-sized particles (Hiscock, 1996). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Clay | 1 June 2015 14:53:05 |
ClutchSize | Number of eggs laid at one time - in organisms that may lay eggs in one or more batches. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:ClutchSize | 3 June 2015 11:02:09 |
CoarseCleanSand | 1) Particle size 0.5 - 4 mm (Hiscock, 1996) | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CoarseCleanSand | 2 June 2015 10:59:36 |
CoarseSediments | Sediments composed of gravel and sand; inc. gravel, gravelly sand and sandy gravel (Long, 2006) | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CoarseSediments | 1 June 2015 15:53:20 |
Cobbles | 64-256 mm. May be rounded or flat. Substrata that are predominantly cobbles. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Cobbles | 1 June 2015 16:39:14 |
Colonial (e.g. sea birds) | Organisms that come together in large colonies (100 plus individuals) - often in the same area from season to season - usually for breeding purposes | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Colonial (e.g. sea birds) | 20 May 2015 16:15:20 |
Commensal (with/on/in) | Symbiosis (q.v.) in which one species derives benefit from a common food supply, whilst the other species is not adversely affected (Lincoln et al., 1998). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Commensal (with/on/in) | 20 May 2015 16:04:37 |
Common | A species with is abundant or present at moderate or relatively moderate densities. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Common | 6 May 2015 11:31:01 |
Common to dominant | A species which is found in relatively moderate to high densities (accounts for non-discrete nature of abundance terms/parameters described here). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Common to dominant | 6 May 2015 11:31:25 |
Conaria | Early larval stage in siphonophores, composed of a floating colony with disc-shaped float, and consists of a hollow sphere with aboral thickening (Stachowitsch, 1992). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Conaria | 30 June 2015 09:00:53 |
ConditionOfBenthicHabitatCommunities | Common in OSPAR Regions II, III, IV | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:ConditionOfBenthicHabitatCommunities | 5 December 2019 12:10:26 |
ConeHalfSphere | Cone with a half sphere (Olenina et al., 2006). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:ConeHalfSphere | 14 May 2015 11:16:10 |
Conical | Cone shaped e.g. limpet-shaped, patelliform (adapted from Stachowitsch, 1992). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Conical | 14 May 2015 10:44:43 |
Consumes native species (predator or herbivore) | Where the species preys on native fauna or grazes on native flora. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Consumes native species (predator or herbivore) | 6 May 2015 11:31:45 |
ContactDipping | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:ContactDipping | 15 July 2015 15:47:55 | |
Copepodid | Free swimming larval stage, typically with five sub-stages, characterized by excretion through maxillary glands, and progressive increase in number of body segments and posterior appendages (see Stachowitsch, 1992). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Copepodid | 23 June 2015 11:41:29 |
CoralSands | Deposition of sands formed by the breakdown to the skeletons of living organisms | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CoralSands | 14 May 2015 15:01:16 |
Coronate | Free-swimming, lecithotrophic larva of Bryozoa | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Coronate | 30 June 2015 11:35:59 |
CrawlerWalkerClimber | An organism that moves across, up or down the substratum via movements of its legs, appendages or muscles (e.g. Carcinus). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CrawlerWalkerClimber | 29 July 2015 11:45:16 |
Creeper | An organism that moves slowly or 'creeps' across the surface of the substratum | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Creeper | 14 May 2015 15:45:52 |
CrevicesFissures | A narrow crack in hard substratum where penetration is deeper than the width at the entrance; a crevice is <10 mm wide at the entrance, while a fissure is >10 mm (Hiscock ,1996) | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CrevicesFissures | 2 June 2015 13:42:48 |
CriticallyEndangered | A taxon is Critically Endangered when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the criteria A to E for Critically Endangered (see Section V), and it is therefore considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CriticallyEndangered | 4 December 2019 14:25:47 |
Cruising | copepod / zooplankton specific?? | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Cruising | 7 November 2014 12:50:31 |
CrustoseHard | Forming or resembling a crust (Thompson, 1995) that is solid or resistant to touch or pressure e.g. encrusting coralline algae or sea mats such as Umbonula littoralis. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CrustoseHard | 14 May 2015 11:34:23 |
CrustoseSoft | Forming or resembling a crust (Thompson, 1995) that yields to the touch or pressure e.g. the gelatinous colonies of Botryllus schlosseri or soft cushions of sponges such as Halichondria sp. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:CrustoseSoft | 14 May 2015 11:35:09 |
Ctenidia | e.g bivalve molluscs | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Ctenidia | 7 November 2014 14:54:55 |
Cushion | A mass or pillow of soft material. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Cushion | 7 November 2014 17:03:47 |
Cydippid | Free-swimming spherical larva, composed of a simple gastrovascular system and short comb-rows; resembles typical adult ctenophore (see Stachowitsch, 1992, Ruppert & Barnes, 1994). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Cydippid | 10 July 2015 11:42:14 |
Cylindrical | With straight sides and a circular section (Thompson, 1995). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Cylindrical | 7 November 2014 17:24:49 |
Cyphonautes | Free-swimming bryozoan larva, the body is triangular, compressed and enclosed in a bivalve shell (see Ruppert & Barnes, 1994). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Cyphonautes | 15 December 2015 13:29:22 |
Cypris | Final lecithotrophic larval stage, characterized by bivalved carapace, compound eyes, prehensile antennules and thoraic appendages (cirri) (see Stachowitsch, 1992). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Cypris | 23 June 2015 11:07:16 |
Dabbling | Seabirds/waders? | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Dabbling | 11 November 2014 10:19:47 |
Damage to marine structures or archaeology | Where the species degrades marine infrastructures or archaeological sites. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Damage to marine structures or archaeology | 6 May 2015 11:32:08 |
DataDeficient | A taxon is Data Deficient when there is inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction based on its distribution and/or population status. A taxon in this category may be well studied, and its biology well known, but appropriate data on abundance and/or distribution are lacking. Data Deficient is therefore not a category of threat. Listing of taxa in this category indicates that more information is required and acknowledges the possibility that future research will show that threatened classification is appropriate. It is important to make positive use of whatever data are available. In many cases great care should be exercised in choosing between DD and a threatened status. If the range of a taxon is suspected to be relatively circumscribed, and a considerable period of time has elapsed since the last record of the taxon, threatened status may well be justified. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:DataDeficient | 4 December 2019 14:30:37 |
DeOxygenationTolerance | Min Value | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:DeOxygenationTolerance | 7 November 2014 15:30:28 |
Debris: transport of species on human generated debris | Where floating rafts of man-made materials become vectors for an invasive species. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Debris: transport of species on human generated debris | 6 May 2015 11:32:26 |
Demersal | Living at or near the bottom of a sea or lake but having the capacity for active swimming (from Lincoln et al., 1998). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Demersal | 30 June 2015 14:38:43 |
Dendroid | Branching irregularly – similar to that of a root system (Prescott, 1969). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Dendroid | 7 November 2014 17:28:03 |
Dependancy | Description of an organism's relationship with other organisms | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Dependancy | 29 July 2015 11:38:38 |
DepositFeeder | An organism that feeds on fragmented particulate organic matter within or on the substratum (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:DepositFeeder | 29 July 2015 11:20:57 |
Depth | Maximum recorded depth below chart datum (expressed in metres). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Depth | 28 May 2015 14:09:35 |
DepthRange | Maximum to minimum recorded depth (expressed as metres below chart datum). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:DepthRange | 30 June 2015 13:53:45 |
DepthSubstratum | The depth within the substratum at which the organism is found (max recorded in metres). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:DepthSubstratum | 30 June 2015 13:56:29 |
Detected in invasion pathway | Species detected in invasion pathways for example in ballast water, or as a hull-fouling organism. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Detected in invasion pathway | 6 May 2015 11:32:46 |
Detected in the wild | Species that have been recorded as present in the wild with no further information. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Detected in the wild | 6 May 2015 11:33:20 |
Detritivore | An organism that feeds on fragmented particulate organic matter (detritus) (Lincoln et al., 1998). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Detritivore | 22 May 2015 13:30:36 |
Diameter | The length of a straight line passing from side to side through the centre of a body or figure, especially a circle or sphere. Note: For diameter you can specify the measurement type (minimum, maximum, average), gender (male, female) and life stage. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Diameter | 7 June 2016 11:47:57 |
DiapauseStage | Description of dormant stage | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:DiapauseStage | 3 June 2015 11:44:46 |
Diel | Daily, pertaining to a 24 hour period. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Diel | 7 November 2014 16:10:06 |
Digitate | Having parts arranged like fingers on a hand (Holmes, 1979). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Digitate | 7 November 2014 17:28:44 |
Diplontic | A life cycle characterized by a diploid adult stage producing haploid gametes by meiosis, the zygote forming by fusion of a pair of gametes (Lincoln et al., 1998). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Diplontic | 2 June 2015 14:54:40 |
Dipping | seabird specific? | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Dipping | 29 July 2015 11:49:35 |
DippingToSurface | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:DippingToSurface | 29 July 2015 11:26:01 | |
DirectDevelopment | Development without a larval stage | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:DirectDevelopment | 3 June 2015 11:19:31 |
DispersalPotential | Potential for dispersal provided by one or more larval/juvenile stages, recorded in m, km. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:DispersalPotential | 3 June 2015 11:53:38 |
DispersalPotentialAdult | The distance over which the adult organism is able to roam, travel or disperse; the greatest potnetial or recorded distance. Does not acknowledge limitations due to geography, hydrography, or behavioural (territorial) constraints. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:DispersalPotentialAdult | 29 July 2015 12:07:55 |
Distribution Descriptors | Fields and traits that describe the distribution of the species. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Distribution Descriptors | 27 July 2015 14:06:39 |
Diving | Seabird specific? | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Diving | 29 July 2015 11:49:57 |
Doliolaria | Second free-swimming larvae (after the auricularia) in the Holothuroidea. It is characterized by a series of flagellated rings around a barrel-shaped body (Ruppert & Barnes, 1994; Stachowitsch, 1992). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Doliolaria | 23 June 2015 11:42:29 |
Dominant | A species which is very abundant or present at high densities or relatively high densities. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Dominant | 6 May 2015 11:38:57 |
DoubleCone | Double cone (Olenina et al., 2006) | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:DoubleCone | 14 May 2015 11:17:04 |
DownwardConveyor | Organisms that live vertically in the sediment, typically heads-up at the surface, and that ingest particles at the surface and egest them as faeces at depth in the sediment (adapted from Kristensen et al., 2012). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:DownwardConveyor | 28 May 2015 08:51:52 |
Drifter | An organism whose movement is dependent on wind or water currents (e.g. Aurelia). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Drifter | 14 May 2015 15:46:22 |
DrivingFishForward | seabird, cetaceans? | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:DrivingFishForward | 29 July 2015 11:50:23 |
Echinopluteus | Free-swimming larva of Echinoidea, distinguished by six pairs of arms, supported by skeletal rods (see Ruppert & Barnes, 1994; Stachowitsch, 1992). | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Echinopluteus | 23 June 2015 11:47:03 |
Ecological Descriptors | Collection of traits relating to species ecology | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Ecological Descriptors | 26 September 2014 12:39:07 |
EcologicalInteraction | Traits relating to how a species interacts with it's surrounding environment and other associated species. | http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:EcologicalInteraction | 29 July 2015 11:55:41 |