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Aphanostoma bruscai Hooge & Tyler 2003

Body symmetry

Marshall and Valentine 2010
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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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 shape

Marshall and Valentine 2010
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

Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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locomotion

Achatz et al 2013
muscular contractions
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q127006

Definition: process in which force is generated within muscle tissue, resulting in a change in muscle geometry.

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Kolasa and Tyler 2010
ciliary gliding
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ciliary_gliding

Definition: a type of locomotion in which an animal moves on a secreted layer of mucus, propelled by the beating of cilia. It is characteristic of small, soft-bodied invertebrates.

Attribution: Martin, G.G. Ciliary gliding in lower invertebrates. Zoomorphologie 91, 249–261 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00999814

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sensory system

Achatz et al 2013
statocyst
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006583

Definition: a balance sensory receptor present in some aquatic invertebrates

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sexual system

Achatz et al 2013
hermaphrodite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007197

Definition: Multicellular organism that can produce both male and female gametes.

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visual system

Nilsson 2013
ocelli
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001758

Definition: small simple eyes, found in many invertebrates, usually consisting of a few sensory cells and a single lens

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