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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A linear impression which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell.
Industry:Natural environment
A type of polyploid species resulting from two different species interbreeding and combining their chromosomes.
Industry:Natural environment
An extracellular, protective external body covering, secreted by the epidermis, of some invertebrate animals, usually composed of fibrous material, such as chitin or collagen; the waxy layer of epidermal cells of plant parts, such as leaves, stems, and fruit.
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Anyof about 60 species of bony fishes in the family Platycephalidae.. Crocodilefishes have distinct pits immediately behind the eyes and a concave head margin.Their eyes have iris lappets which help break up the black pupil and improve its camouflage. Cr.
Industry:Natural environment
Flooding that occurs from storms where water is driven onto land from an adjacent body of water.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, a general term for any name below the rank of species. The term includes subspecific and infrasubspecific names.
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One of many thin, hairlike filaments secreted by certain mollusks for attachment to a substrate.
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The only species of tree (Pritchardia remota) on the island of Nihoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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The study of past climates throughout geological history, and the causes of the variations among them.
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A branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of organisms, apart from their functions (physiology).
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