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Botryllus racemosus Quoy & Gaimard 1834

ecomorphological guild

Shenkar et al 2011
benthic
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/benthic

Definition: Living at the bottom of a body of water.

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(adult)
Queirós et al 2013
tubicolous
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/tubicolous

Definition: aquatic organisms that construct and inhabit simple unbranched vertical shafts with only one opening to the surface. These are primarily above-sediment filter-feeders, surface deposit-feeders, and subsurface deposit-feeders (head-down, conveyor-belt feeders)

Attribution: Macrofaunal Burrows and Irrigation in Marine Sediment: Microbiological and Biogeochemical Interactions. Available from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265483886_Macrofaunal_Burrows_and_Irrigation_in_Marine_Sediment_Microbiological_and_Biogeochemical_Interactions [accessed Feb 26 2020].

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Queirós et al 2013
epifaunal
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Epifaunal

Definition: An animal living on the surface of the substratum.

Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Epifaunal

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