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Neochordodes occidentalis (Montgomery 1898)

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 endoparasites of

Brusca and Brusca, 2003
insects
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1390

Definition: a class of mainly terrestrial arthropods

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(larval)

body shape

Sorensen et al 2008
vermiform
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7921571

Definition: shaped like a worm

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(adult)

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

United States Species List
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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North Pacific Species List
North Pacific
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1908

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habitat

TreatmentBank
cave
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000067

Definition: Naturally formed, subterranean open area or chamber.

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Poinar 2010
freshwater
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873

Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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(adult)

have host

Brusca and Brusca, 2003
insects
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1390

Definition: a class of mainly terrestrial arthropods

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(larval)

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

8

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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trophic guild

Brusca and Brusca, 2003
insectivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q677088

Definition: organism that eats insects.

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(larval)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
endoparasite
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q9300235

Definition: parasite that lives within the body or cells of its host

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(larval)