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Caenorhabditis elegans

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 host of

Global Biotic Interactions

Nematocida parisii Troemel, Félix, Whiteman, Barrière & Ausubel 2008
Global Biotic Interactions

Xenorhabdus indica

body shape

Altman 1965
vermiform
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7921571

Definition: shaped like a worm

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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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habitat

Wikipedia (inferred records)
harbor
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000463

Definition: A place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored.

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canal
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000014

Definition: Artificial watercourse with no flow or a controlled flow used for navigation, drainage or irrigation.

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temperate
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000206

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have pathogen

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Global Biotic Interactions

Escherichia coli
Global Biotic Interactions

Cryptococcus neoformans (San Felice) Vuill. 1901
Global Biotic Interactions

Klebsiella pneumoniae
Global Biotic Interactions

Candida albicans (C. P. Robin) Berkhout 1923
Global Biotic Interactions

Cryptococcus neoformans (San Felice) Vuill. 1901

initial mortality rate

AnAge

2 /year

life span

AnAge

0.16 years

(max)

locomotion

Burr and Robinson 2004
undulatory
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7884068

Definition: motion characterized by wave-like movement patterns that act to propel an animal forward. eg: crawling in snakes, or swimming in the lamprey. Typically utilized by limbless animals

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mortality rate doubling time

AnAge

0.04 years

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

40

onset of fertility

AnAge

3 days

(female)
AnAge

3 days

(male)

sexual system

Kanzaki et al, 2017
androdioecious
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q512190

Definition: a reproductive system characterized by the presence of male flowers on some plants, and bisexual flowers on others

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skeleton structure

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

Definition: non-skeletal fauna

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