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Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin 1791)

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Sabella spallanzanii is a species of segmented worms in the family feather duster worms. They are native to Albania, Egypt, Portugal, Italy, Asia, Tunisia, France, Senegal, Cyprus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Israel, Syria, Guinea-Bissau, Western Sahara, Europe, Lebanon, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Algeria, Gambia, Mauritania, Atlantic Coast Of South America, Libya, Atlantic Coast Of North America, Croatia, Morocco, and Montenegro. They are surficial modifiers. They have parental care. Reproduction is gonochoristic, semelparous, and iteroparous. They are sessile animals.

URI: http://www.geonames.org/783754

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/390903

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2589581

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2413451

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2378080

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URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/17376

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2215636

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URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33452

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3202326

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2542007

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3194884

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URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/surficialModifier
Definition: bioturbating fauna with activities restricted to the sediment layer immediately below the sediment surface
Attribution: S. Lindqvist, Engelbrektsson, Eriksson, Hulth. 2016. Functional classification of bioturbating macrofauna in marine sediments using time-resolved imaging of particle displacement and multivariate analysis. Biogeosciences Discuss, 13 Oct. 2016. doi:10.5194/bg-2016-411.

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URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/BP_YES
Definition: this term applies to a species that provides any parental care to its offspring

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000048
Definition: multi-cellular organism that has separate male and female sexes. (dioecious)

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URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/STRAT_SEM
Definition: Organisms that have only one brood during the life time and then the parent usually dies.

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URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/STRAT_ITER
Definition: Breeding several times per lifetime.

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860
Definition: organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile

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EOL has data for 39 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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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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body shape
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BodyShape
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vermiform
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7921571
- Definition: shaped like a worm
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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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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ecomorphological guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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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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ecosystem engineering
- URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RW
- Definition: directly or indirectly modulating the availability of resources to other species, by causing physical state changes in biotic or abiotic materials; modifying, maintaining and/or creating habitats
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surficial modifier
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/surficialModifier
- Definition: bioturbating fauna with activities restricted to the sediment layer immediately below the sediment surface
- Attribution: S. Lindqvist, Engelbrektsson, Eriksson, Hulth. 2016. Functional classification of bioturbating macrofauna in marine sediments using time-resolved imaging of particle displacement and multivariate analysis. Biogeosciences Discuss, 13 Oct. 2016. doi:10.5194/bg-2016-411.
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Greece
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/390903
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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marine
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000447
- Definition: An aquatic biome that comprises systems of open-ocean and unprotected coastal habitats, characterized by exposure to wave action, tidal fluctuation, and ocean currents as well as systems that largely resemble these. Water in the marine biome is generally within the salinity range of seawater: 30 to 38 ppt.
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native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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France
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3017382
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parental care
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0060746
- Definition: A reproductive behavior in which a parent cares for and rears offspring.
- Comment: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dph]
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parental care
- URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/BP_YES
- Definition: this term applies to a species that provides any parental care to its offspring
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reproduction
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000003
- Definition: The production of new individuals that contain some portion of genetic material inherited from one or more parent organisms
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gonochoristic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000048
- Definition: multi-cellular organism that has separate male and female sexes. (dioecious)
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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suspension feeder
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder
- Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.
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water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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41.6 m

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin 1791). View this species on GBIF

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