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Subterbranchialia

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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auditory system

Ladich and Popper 2004
otoliths
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q591800

Definition: Inner-ear structure in vertebrates which detects acceleration and may detect acoustic signals

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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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ecomorphological guild

Paleobiology Database
nectonic
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Nekton

Definition: Active swimming organisms that live in the water column and are able to move independently of the water mass (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).

Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Nekton

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extinction status

Paleobiology Database
extant
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/extant

Definition: This taxon is still in existence, as opposed to extinct.

Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extant_taxon

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hearing range

Ladich and Popper 2004

40 Hz

(min)
Ladich and Popper 2004

300 Hz

(max)

motility

Paleobiology Database
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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(adult)

trophic guild

Paleobiology Database
carnivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875

Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

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