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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A two-part name given to a species in which the first part is the name of the genus and the second is the specific name.
Industry:Natural environment
Any soft-rayed, bony fish species belonging to the order Clupeiformes. These include herrings, shads, wolf herrings, sardines, and anchovies.
Industry:Natural environment
Erosion of the physical/geological environment by organism activities such as boring, scraping, etching, etc.
Industry:Natural environment
In sponges, an inpocket of the epidermis (pinacoderm) which opens into a choanocyte chamber via a small opening, the prosopyle .
Industry:Natural environment
Of the distinct individuals forming a colonial invertebrate animal, such as a hydrozoan.
Industry:Natural environment
The common boundary between two substances such as a water and a solid, water and a gas, or two liquids, such as water and oil.
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