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Giant Kidney Worm

Dioctophyme renale (Goetze 1782)

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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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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geographic distribution

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World Register of Marine Species
Rio Grande Do Sul
URI: https://www.geonames.org/3451133

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World Register of Marine Species
France
URI: http://www.geonames.org/3017382

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World Register of Marine Species
Bulgaria
URI: http://www.geonames.org/732800

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World Register of Marine Species
Romania
URI: http://www.geonames.org/798549

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World Register of Marine Species
Germany
URI: http://www.geonames.org/2921044

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habitat

Wikipedia (inferred records)
temperate
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000206

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Wikipedia (inferred records)
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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Wikipedia (inferred records)
lake
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000252

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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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skeleton structure

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

Definition: non-skeletal fauna

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trophic guild

World Register of Marine Species
endoparasite
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q9300235

Definition: parasite that lives within the body or cells of its host

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