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tarsus

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The bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg; also the foot of an insect or a crustacean, usually consisting of two to five joints.

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We have had a request for the addition of 'baleen' to S12 in order to create a mapping to the following ICES term: https://vocab.ices.dk/services/rdf/collection/MATRX/BA

The new term has now been created:

Code: S1261
Preferred label: baleen
Description: A series of fringed keratin plates located in the upper jaw of certain whale species' mouths. Baleen is used as a filter-feeding mechanism whereby food sources such as krill, copepods and small fish are filtered from seawater entering a whale's mouth.

The term will be published live on the NVS from 0730 UTC tomorrow morning.

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nectophores

Definition

Also known as "swimming bells", nectophores are medusae that are specialized for moving a physonect siphonophore colony through the water. The region of the colony containing the nectophores is called the nectosome.

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ORCID

gwemon

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head

Definition

The cephalic part of an organism, usually located at one end of the body, which contains the highest density of neurons, and often other sense organs.

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metasome

Definition

The posterior of the two or three main divisions of the body of certain invertebrates.

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bill

Definition

A projecting mouthpart found mainly in birds but also in turtle and other animals consisting of two bony projections (upper and lower mandibules) covered by a keratinized sheath of skin.

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Sources/references

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beak and other online resources e.g. https://www.britannica.com/science/beak

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beak

Mapping to other terminologies

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005094 (sameAs)

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muscle tissues and gonads

Definition

Muscles and gonads considered as one entity.

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Sources/references

BODCNVS-1088, SIMM vocabs

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mantle

Definition

Mantle, also called pallium, plural pallia, or palliums, in biology, soft covering, formed from the body wall, of brachiopods and mollusks; also, the fleshy outer covering, sometimes strengthened by calcified plates, of barnacles. (www.britannica.com)

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ORCID

gwemon

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Term name (PrefLabel)

prosome

Definition

The anterior of the two or three main divisions of the body of certain invertebrates.

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bell

Definition

The umbrella-shaped body part of a medusozoan Cnidaria (jellyfish). It can pulsate to provide propulsion.

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Sources/references

mixed

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host tissue

Definition

The soft tissue component of the host organism in a symbiotic (mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic) relationship.

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Sources/references

https://github.com/nvs-vocabs/ereefs/issues/10

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claspers

Definition

Pair of appendages under the abdomen of male cartilaginous fishes like sharks or rays, or at the end of the abdomen of a male insect, used to hold the female during copulation.

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Sources/references

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clasper and other online resources; adapted from

Mapping to other terminologies

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010516 (sameAs)

S1287 leaf sheath added to S12

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shoot

Definition

Above ground part of plants consisting of any plant stem together with its appendages, leaves and lateral buds, flowering stems, and flower buds.

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Sources/references

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoot and seagrass anatomy descriptions

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brown meat

Definition

A term used to refer to the flesh of crabs extracted from the main body cavity and consisting of the hepatopancreas (digestive gland) and reproductive organs.

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Sources/references

BODCNVS-1408

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carapace

Definition

Bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of some animals turtles or crabs.

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Sources/references

multiple

Mapping to other terminologies

http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P21/current/MS1757/ (sameAs)http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008275

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flesh and intravalvular liquid

Definition

The muscles, body and organs of a bivalve mollusc together with the liquid contained within the shells when the animal is tightly closed out of the water.

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Sources/references

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3164/schedule/5/made?view=plain; https://food.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2018-12/biosafety_fh_guidance_community_guide_bivalve_mollusc_monitoring_en.pdf

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sea mat

Definition

A flat colony of zooids

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wings

Definition

Paired structures which certain animals use to propel themselves in the air or water.

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intracellular reserve pool

Definition

The stored nutrients within a cell or organism.

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Sources/references

https://github.com/nvs-vocabs/ereefs/issues/17

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siphosome

Definition

The main stem of the nectosome which contains feeding, reproductive, defensive and buoyant zooids.

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Definition: 'the part of a plant which attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibres.'

dependent on: nvs-vocabs/ereefs#14

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structural cellular components

Definition

The physical parts of a cell including the cell wall (if present), cell membrane, nucleus, and other organelles.

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Sources/references

https://github.com/nvs-vocabs/ereefs/issues/17

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stipe

Definition

The stalk or stem of plants (including macroalgae) and fungi.

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lower rostrum

Definition

The lower part of a two-part organism’s beak or beak-like projecting structure. The term is used in reference to cetaceans, crustaceans, cephalopods and some fishes.

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Sources/references

adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostrum_(anatomy) and other online resources

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central disc

Definition

The central body part of a starfish (Asteroidea) also known as sea star, containing the internal organs, and the mouth and anus, and from which arms arms radiate. The radius of the central disc is used as a standard biometric measurement in starfish studies.

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Sources/references

multiple online resourceshttps://github.com/nvs-vocabs/P01/issues/74 (BODCNVS-1115)

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starfish arm

Definition

One of generally five (but in some species more) appendages of a starfish (also known as sea stars) that radiate from the central disc.

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Sources/references

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfishhttps://github.com/nvs-vocabs/P01/issues/73

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upper rostrum

Definition

The upper part of a two-part organism’s beak or beak-like structure. The term is used in reference to cetaceans, crustaceans, cephalopods and some fishes.

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