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Cirriformia chicoi Magalhães, Seixas, Paiva & Elias 2014

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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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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motility

Queirós et al 2013
facultatively mobile
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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trophic guild

ecology literature
deposit feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/depositFeeder

Definition: an organism that eats particulate organic material in or on sediments.

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
deposit feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/depositFeeder

Definition: an organism that eats particulate organic material in or on sediments.

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
selective deposit feeder
URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/FEED_SD

Definition: Some deposit feeders do not ingest sediment haphazardly but use their palps or buccal organs to sort organic material from the sediment prior to ingestion. The method of sorting varies according to the types of palps present.

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(adult)