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Heteroxenotrichula transatlantica Ruppert 1979

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
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 length

World Register of Marine Species

3.5 mm

(max)
World Register of Marine Species

70 µm

(min)

body shape

Kanneby 2016
vermiform
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7921571

Definition: shaped like a worm

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cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
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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geographic distribution

World Register of Marine Species
North Atlantic
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1912

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habitat

World Register of Marine Species
marine benthic
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000024

Definition: The marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.

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trophic guild

Brusca and Brusca, 2003
microphage
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3312246

Definition: a consumer which handles food items in bulk without manipulating them individually

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
omnivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509

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Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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