Apistobranchidae

Apistobranchidae is a family of segmented worms. They are facultatively mobile animals.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/facultativelyMobile
Definition: Organisms that can change location but do so infrequently, e.g., crinoids, some infaunal bivalves.
Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html

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EOL has data for 29 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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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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appendages
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q13415392
- Definition: external body part, or natural prolongation, that protrudes from the body of an organism
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parapodia
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0009473
- Definition: paired fleshy lateral processes borne by most segments or along most of the length of a vermiform animal
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body shape
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BodyShape
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vermiform
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7921571
- Definition: shaped like a worm
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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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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ecomorphological guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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infaunal
- URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Infaunal
- Definition: Benthic animals which live within the seabed.
- Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Infaunal
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number of public records in bold
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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0
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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595 m

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Apistobranchidae from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility

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Apistobranchidae Habitats

The environments in which many Apistobranchidae species are known to live. Select an environment to see its Apistobranchidae species checklist.

Apistobranchidae Habitats

The environments in which many Apistobranchidae species are known to live. Select an environment to see its Apistobranchidae species checklist.

Apistobranchidae includes 1 child:

Apistobranchus Levinsen 1883