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adambulacral spines

Biology; Marine biology

Of Echinodermata (echinoderms); spines on adambulacral plates (Southward & Campbell, 2006).

One of the alternative forms of a particular gene. Each gene is comprised of two alleles, one inherited from the father and one from the mother. However, within a population, many alleles may exist ...

aboral

Biology; Marine biology

Opposite the end/side on which the mouth is located (Kozloff, 1996).

copepod

Biology; Marine biology

Order of crustaceans found often in the plankton. Copepods

aggregation

Biology; Marine biology

Organisms (usually referring to of the same species) living closely together, but not physically connected (cf. 'colony').

holoplankton

Biology; Marine biology

Organisms spending all their life in the water column and not on or in the sea bed.

browsers

Biology; Marine biology

Organisms that feed by scraping thin layers of living organisms from the surface of the substratum (eg., periwinkles feeding on rock-surface diatom films; urchins scraping a thin, filmy sponge colony ...