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Mitromorpha bassiana (Gabriel 1956)
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Lauga 2006
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Bass Strait Species List
Cellularity and growth form
Fairbairn 2013
GBIF data coverage
Great Australian Bight Species List
Lauga 2006
Mineralogy
Salvini Plawen and Mayr 1977
Schilthuizen and Davison 2005
World Register of Marine Species
locomotion
Lauga 2006
mucus mediated gliding
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https://eol.org/schema/terms/mucus_gliding
Definition:
muscular waves propelling an animal over a mucus layer overlaying the substrate; alternating regions of muscular contraction and expansion create traveling waves that shear the mucus, resulting in translation of the animal.
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