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Amphioxiformes

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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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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Barcode of Life Data Systems

97

reproduction

Fairbairn 2013
sexual reproduction
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953

Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.

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skeleton structure

Mineralogy
soft bodied
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12501479

Definition: non-skeletal fauna

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trophic guild

Brusca and Brusca, 2003
ciliary-mucus feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ciliary_mucus_feeder

Definition: a consumer that feeds using rows of cilia carrying a mucus sheet across some structure while water is passed through or across it

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
phytoplanktivore
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/phytoplanktivore

Definition: A herbivorous organism feeding primarily on phytoplankton

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(adult)

visual system

Nilsson 2013
ocelli
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001758

Definition: small simple eyes, found in many invertebrates, usually consisting of a few sensory cells and a single lens

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