Feather Duster Worms

Sabellastarte Krøyer 1856

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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appendages

Pettibone 1982
biramous parapodia
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/biramous_parapodia

Definition: parapodia (paired fleshy lateral processes) that end in two branches

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body shape

Pettibone 1982
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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ecomorphological guild

ecology literature
tubicolous
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/tubicolous

Definition: aquatic organisms that construct and inhabit simple unbranched vertical shafts with only one opening to the surface. These are primarily above-sediment filter-feeders, surface deposit-feeders, and subsurface deposit-feeders (head-down, conveyor-belt feeders)

Attribution: Macrofaunal Burrows and Irrigation in Marine Sediment: Microbiological and Biogeochemical Interactions. Available from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265483886_Macrofaunal_Burrows_and_Irrigation_in_Marine_Sediment_Microbiological_and_Biogeochemical_Interactions [accessed Feb 26 2020].

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Brusca and Brusca, 2003
tubicolous
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/tubicolous

Definition: aquatic organisms that construct and inhabit simple unbranched vertical shafts with only one opening to the surface. These are primarily above-sediment filter-feeders, surface deposit-feeders, and subsurface deposit-feeders (head-down, conveyor-belt feeders)

Attribution: Macrofaunal Burrows and Irrigation in Marine Sediment: Microbiological and Biogeochemical Interactions. Available from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265483886_Macrofaunal_Burrows_and_Irrigation_in_Marine_Sediment_Microbiological_and_Biogeochemical_Interactions [accessed Feb 26 2020].

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(adult)
Queirós et al 2013
tubicolous
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/tubicolous

Definition: aquatic organisms that construct and inhabit simple unbranched vertical shafts with only one opening to the surface. These are primarily above-sediment filter-feeders, surface deposit-feeders, and subsurface deposit-feeders (head-down, conveyor-belt feeders)

Attribution: Macrofaunal Burrows and Irrigation in Marine Sediment: Microbiological and Biogeochemical Interactions. Available from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265483886_Macrofaunal_Burrows_and_Irrigation_in_Marine_Sediment_Microbiological_and_Biogeochemical_Interactions [accessed Feb 26 2020].

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ecosystem engineering

Queirós et al 2013
surficial modifier
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/surficialModifier

Definition: bioturbating fauna with activities restricted to the sediment layer immediately below the sediment surface

Attribution: S. Lindqvist, Engelbrektsson, Eriksson, Hulth. 2016. Functional classification of bioturbating macrofauna in marine sediments using time-resolved imaging of particle displacement and multivariate analysis. Biogeosciences Discuss, 13 Oct. 2016. doi:10.5194/bg-2016-411.

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habitat

ecology literature
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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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
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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motility

ecology literature
sessile
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860

Definition: organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile

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Brusca and Brusca, 2003
sessile
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860

Definition: organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile

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trophic guild

ecology literature
suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

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Brusca and Brusca, 2003
suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

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