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Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish

Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885)

behavioral circadian rhythm

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diurnal
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470

Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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body shape

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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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diet includes

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crustaceans
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25364

Definition: subphylum of arthropods

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fish
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q152

Definition: vertebrate animal that lives in water and (typically) has gills

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habitat

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coastal
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000687

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benthic
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/benthic

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

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tropical
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204

Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl

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mating system

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polyandrous
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000064

Definition: One female has an exclusive mating relationship with two or more males

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motility

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actively mobile
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile

Definition: uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis

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native range includes

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Australia
URI: http://www.geonames.org/2077456

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Pacific Ocean
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1903

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Asia
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255147

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parental care

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female provides care
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCareFemale

Definition: the female feeds and nurtures offspring

Attribution: Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109

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provisioning
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2874419

Definition: supplying materials, especially food

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trophic guild

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invertivore
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/invertivore

Definition: An organism that feed on invertebrate animals (insects, crustaceans, molluscs, worms, etc.)

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piscivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1420208

Definition: carnivorous animal which eats primarily fish.

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carnivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875

Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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