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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A group of species that resemble each other but are evolved from different ancestors. A polyphyletic group is composed of members that originated, independently, from more than one evolutionary line.
Industry:Natural environment
A mutation resulting from the loss of a small segment of DNA.
Industry:Natural environment
A sensory seta covered by cuticle projecting from most antennules and antennae in crustaceans.
Industry:Natural environment
An animal, such as a parasitic tapeworm, that absorbs digested food products through the body wall.
Industry:Natural environment
Animals that live in the spaces within sediment particles (interstitial spaces).
Industry:Natural environment
In fishes, one or more fins situated on the midline of the back, having spines or rays, sometimes both; excludes the adipose fin found in some fishes, such as catfishes and salmon.
Industry:Natural environment
Pyramid-shaped diagram which shows feeding relationships within a food chain, e.g. That herbivores are smaller, more numerous and faster breeding than the predators that feed on them.
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