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Metadesmolaimus gelana (Warwick & Platt 1973)

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

1095 µm

(male, max)
World Register of Marine Species

37 µm

(male, min)
World Register of Marine Species

915 µm

(male, min)
World Register of Marine Species

39 µm

(male, max)

body shape

Altman 1965
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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World Register of Marine Species
Adriatic Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/3314

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locomotion

Burr and Robinson 2004
undulatory
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7884068

Definition: motion characterized by wave-like movement patterns that act to propel an animal forward. eg: crawling in snakes, or swimming in the lamprey. Typically utilized by limbless animals

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skeleton structure

Mineralogy
soft bodied
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12501479

Definition: non-skeletal fauna

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