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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A scuba diving certification card from scuba certifying agencies, such as NAUI, BSAC, NOAA, PADI, etc.
Industry:Natural environment
A systematist who attempts to classify life forms according to their evolutionary relationships, not just overall similarity.
Industry:Natural environment
An animal that does not have a true coelom or body cavity, i.e., a body cavity between the outer wall and the gut and lined with mesoderm. Acoelomate phyla include the flatworms (Platyhelminthes), ribbonworms (Nemertea), and jaw worms (Gnathostomulida).
Industry:Natural environment
An ultra-wide angle lens giving 180o angle of view. The widest fisheye lenses produce a circular and very distorted image .
Industry:Natural environment
Cyclical changes in form such as seasonal changes in morphology, as seen in some planktoic crustaceans.
Industry:Natural environment
In fact; in reality; existing but not officially recognised or legally established.
Industry:Natural environment
The initial stage of a fringing reef. It is discontinuous and covers a small area.
Industry:Natural environment
The region of the body in decapod crustaceans that is covered by the carapace, with the boundary between the fused head and thorax indicated by the cervical groove. In lobsters, the cephalothorax is called the "body"; in shrimps, it is called the "head".
Industry:Natural environment
A computer programme (or set of programs) which is designed to systematically solve a certain kind of problem.
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