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Paranemertes

Body symmetry

Strand and Sundberg 2015
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 length

World Register of Marine Species

2 mm

(male and female, min)
World Register of Marine Species

0.1 mm

(male and female, min)
World Register of Marine Species

50 mm

(male and female, max)
World Register of Marine Species

5000 mm

(male and female, max)

body shape

Strand and Sundberg 2015
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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habitat

World Register of Marine Species
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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Coe 1927
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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locomotion

Norenburg 1985
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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Moore and Gibson 1985
peristalsis
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q308695

Definition: A wavelike sequence of muscular contraction and relaxation that passes along a tubelike structure, such as a vertebrate intestine, or the body of an earthworm

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mineralized tissue contains

Mineralogy
calcium phosphate
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_77635

Definition: A calcium salt composed of calcium and phosphate/diphosohate ions; present in milk and used for the mineralisation of calcified tissues.

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Mineralogy
calcium phosphate
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_77635

Definition: A calcium salt composed of calcium and phosphate/diphosohate ions; present in milk and used for the mineralisation of calcified tissues.

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number of dna records in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

12

number of public records in bold

Barcode of Life Data Systems

170

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

817

number of records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

559

number of specimens in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

13

skeleton structure

World Register of Marine Species
hydrostatic skeleton
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Hydrostatic

Definition: Skeletal support provided by hydrostatic pressure from a fluid filled cavity (e.g. the coelum) surrounded by muscles. Hydrostatic pressure provides skeletal support in sea anemones, jellyfish, nematodes, annelids, echinoderms, and other groups.

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trophic guild

World Register of Marine Species
predator
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q170430

Definition: Organism that obtains food by hunting

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Brusca and Brusca, 2003
predator
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q170430

Definition: Organism that obtains food by hunting

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(adult)