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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Having a surface with alternating parallel ridges and grooves.
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In taxonomy, every specimen in a type series, other than the holotype, which were before the author at the time of preparation of the original description, and were so designated and indicated there.
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One or more pairs of thoracic legs of decapod crustaceans that terminate in a chela, or claw. The entire cheliped is often referred to as a claw.
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The dispersal of seeds, fruits, or other plant parts by wind.
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The plan or fundamental structure on which a group of organisms, or their systems of organs, are assumed to have been constructed; as, for example, the vertebrate archetype.
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The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of crustaceans; middle piece of the tail fan.
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The judicial body empowered to enforce and interpret the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
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A cellular component of blood. Leucocytes help to defend the organism's body against infectious disease and foreign materials as part of the immune system; also called "white blood cell".
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A fish net that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom.
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