dcsimg

    Body symmetry

  • bilaterally symmetric
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  • cellularity

  • multicellular
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  • locomotion

  • drag powered swimming
    • URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/drag_based_swimming
    • Definition: Drag swimmers use a cyclic motion where they push water back in a power stroke, and return their limb forward in the return or recovery stroke. When they push water directly backwards, this moves their body forward, but as they return their limbs to the starting position, they push water forward, which will thus pull them back to some degree, and so opposes the direction that the body is heading. This opposing force is called drag. The return-stroke drag causes drag swimmers to employ different strategies than lift swimmers. Reducing drag on the return stroke is essential for optimizing efficiency.
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  • skeleton contains

  • chitin
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  • type specimen repository

  • national museum of natural history, smithsonian institution (usnm)
    • URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871
    • Definition: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM), Washington, District of Columbia, USA.\r\nNMNH and USNM both refer to the National Museum of Natural History. Collections are associated with one or the other acronym. US, the US National Herbarium, is a collection within the National Museum of Natural History. URL for main institutional website, http://www.mnh.si.edu/rc/\r\nURL for institutional specimen catalog, http://collections.mnh.si.edu/
    • Comment: Ontology Description: http://grbio.org/
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    (female)
  • visual system

  • nauplius eye
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