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Raja

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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are eaten by

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Gadus morhua Linnaeus 1758 (Atlantic cod)
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Zalophus californianus (Lesson 1828) (California Sea Lion)
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Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758 (Sperm whale)
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Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 (Grey Nurse Shark)
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Ophiodon elongatus Girard 1854 (Lingcod)

are host of

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Acanthobothrium floridensis Goldstein 1964
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Acanthobothrium floridensis Goldstein 1964
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Acanthobothrium floridensis Goldstein 1964
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Otodistomum veliporum (Creplin 1837) Stafford 1904
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Acanthobothrium floridensis Goldstein 1964

are parasitized by

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Empruthotrema raiae (MacCallum 1916) Johnston & Tiegs 1922
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Rhynchobothrium
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Acanthobothrium floridensis Goldstein 1964
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Otodistomum veliporum (Creplin 1837) Stafford 1904
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Calicotyle kroyeri Diesing 1850

are preyed upon by

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Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo 1827) (Sandbar Shark)
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Lophius americanus Valenciennes 1837 (American angler)
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Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus 1758) (Atlantic Bluefin Tuna)
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Gadus morhua Linnaeus 1758 (Atlantic cod)

auditory system

Ladich and Popper 2004
otoliths
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q591800

Definition: Inner-ear structure in vertebrates which detects acceleration and may detect acoustic signals

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eat

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Penaeus notialis Pérez Farfante 1967 (Candied shrimp)
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Alpheus dentipes Guérin 1832 (Mediterranean snapping prawn)
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Macropodia Leach 1814
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Philocheras hendersoni (Kemp 1915)
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Cancer irroratus Say 1817 (Atlantic Rock Crab)

habitat

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well
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000026

Definition: A cylindrical hole, pit, or tunnel drilled or dug down to a depth from which water, oil, or gas can be pumped or brought to the surface.

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have endoparasite

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Echinobothrium benedeni Ruszkowski 1927
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Echinobothrium affine Diesing 1863
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Echinobothrium
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Grillotia (Grillotia) erinaceus (van Beneden 1858) Guiart 1927

hearing range

Ladich and Popper 2004

300 Hz

(max)
Ladich and Popper 2004

40 Hz

(min)

locomotion

Lindsey 1978
pectoral fin swimming
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/pectoral_fins

Definition: swimming mainly using undulations of the pectoral fins

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mineralized skeleton contains

Mineralogy
hydroxylapatite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52255

Definition: A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).

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mineralized tissue contains

Mineralogy
hydroxylapatite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52255

Definition: A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).

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Mineralogy
apatite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52254

Definition: A phosphate mineral with the general formula Ca5(PO4)3X where X = OH, F or Cl

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481

prey on

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Upogebia capensis (Krauss 1843) (Cape mud shrimp)
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Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus 1758) (Shorthorn sculpin)
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Ammodytes marinus Raitt 1934 (raitts sand eel)
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Peprilus triacanthus (Peck 1804) (American butterfish)
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Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus 1758) (Broad-striped Anchovy)

sensory system

Bullock et al 1983
electroreception
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1326528

Definition: detection and measurement of weak electric fields, via specialized sense organs and brain structures that process this information

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sexual system

Fairbairn 2013
dioecious
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681

Definition: a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.

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type specimen repository

GBIF national node type records Germany
forschungsinstitut und natur-museum senckenberg (smf)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34838

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GBIF national node type records Germany
forschungsinstitut und natur-museum senckenberg (smf)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34838

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GBIF national node type records Germany
forschungsinstitut und natur-museum senckenberg (smf)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34838

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GBIF national node type records Germany
forschungsinstitut und natur-museum senckenberg (smf)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34838

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GBIF national node type records Germany
forschungsinstitut und natur-museum senckenberg (smf)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34838

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