Parchment Tubeworms

Chaetopteridae

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Chaetopteridae (Parchment Tubeworms) is a family of segmented worms. They are upward conveyors. They are sessile animals.

URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RW_UC
Definition: Upward conveyors are vertically oriented species that typically feed head-down at depth in the sediment. Vertically oriented head-down feeders actively select and ingest particles at the deeper sediments and egest these non-locally as faeces in the sediment surface

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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 34 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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appendages
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q13415392
- Definition: external body part, or natural prolongation, that protrudes from the body of an organism
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parapodia
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0009473
- Definition: paired fleshy lateral processes borne by most segments or along most of the length of a vermiform animal
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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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downward conveyor
- URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RW_DC
- Definition: Downward conveyors exhibit a feeding strategy opposite to that of upward conveyors. Vertically oriented head-up feeders actively select and ingest particles at the surface and egest these non-locally as faeces in deeper sediment strata
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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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deep marine sediment
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002113
- Definition: sediment that accumulates in the flat or very gently sloping areas of the deep ocean basin floor. The three main types are siliceous oozes, calcareous oozes, and red clays.
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motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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sessile
- 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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number of public records in bold
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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37
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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mucus net feeder
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mucus_net_feeder
- Definition: A consumer that uses patches or a sheet of mucus to capture food 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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5460 m

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Parchment Tubeworms. View this species on GBIF

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Parchment Tubeworm Habitats

The environments in which many Parchment Tubeworms species are known to live. Select an environment to see its Parchment Tubeworms species checklist.

Parchment Tubeworms Habitats

The environments in which many Parchment Tubeworms species are known to live. Select an environment to see its Parchment Tubeworms species checklist.

Parchment Tubeworms includes 4 children: