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• Traits:SedimentSoft  + (Particulate solid matter accumulated by natural processes (Hiscock, 1996))
• Traits:Migratory  + (Periodic movement of organisms between alt … Periodic movement of organisms between alternative habitats e.g. between areas for reproduction and one or more areas of non-reproductive activity, or between areas of foraging and areas used for other activities. Most migrations occur at predictable intervals triggered by stimuli e.g. unfavourable conditions. NB: Movements that do not include an obligatory return journey are classified as dispersal (Baretta-Bekker et al., 1992).s dispersal (Baretta-Bekker et al., 1992).)
• Traits:Benthic  + (Pertaining to the sea bed, river bed or lake floor (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998).)
• Traits:Pelagic  + (Pertaining to the water column. Inhabiting the open sea, excluding the sea floor (rephrased from Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998).)
• Traits:EversiblePharynx  + (Pharynx can be everted to engulf and/or seize food items)
• Traits:EnvironmentalPosition  + (Position relative to substratum or fluid medium (air/water).)
• Traits:Megalopa  + (Post larval stage of decapod Crustacea (Stachowitsch, 1992).)
• Traits:DispersalPotential  + (Potential for dispersal provided by one or more larval/juvenile stages, recorded in m, km.)
• Traits:Predator  + (Predatory behaviour in which one animal species captures a member of another species (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998). OR mobile animals that attack kill and consume individual prey items, usually one at a time.)
• Traits:IUCNRedList  + (Provides taxonomic, conservation status, and distribution information on taxa that are facing a high risk of global extinction. http://www.iucnredlist.org/)
• Traits:OSPARRegionIArcticWaters  + (Region I is the most northerly OSPAR regio … Region I is the most northerly OSPAR region, characterised by its harsh climate and ice coverage although the ecosystems of this region are still rich. In spite of its low population density, human activities such as fishing and offshore petroleum production remain significant.e petroleum production remain significant.)
• Traits:OSPARRegionVWiderAtlantic  + (Region V represents the deep waters of the … Region V represents the deep waters of the North-East Atlantic extending across the abyssal plain and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and including many seamounts. There have been recent discoveries of a number of different fragile deep-sea habitats (such as hydrothermal vents, carbonate mounds, coral gardens and sponge communities). Human population in the region is restricted to the Azores Archipelago. The main human activities are fishing and maritime transport.vities are fishing and maritime transport.)
• Traits:SprayZone  + (Region of the shore immediately above the splash zone that is subject to wetting by the spray from breaking waves (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998).)
• Traits:SplashZone  + (Region of the shore immediately above the highest levels of the water that is subject to wetting by splash from breaking waves (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998).)
• Traits:NonMigratoryResident  + (Remaining within the same area (from Lincoln ''et al.'',1998).)
• Traits:AsexualReproduction  + (Reproduction not involving the exchange of genetic material, amictic, individuals derived form a single parent (Barnes ''et al.'', 2006); not involving the fusion of gametes (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998))
• Traits:ApomicticParthenogenesis  + (Reproduction via single cells /eggs that are derived by mitosis (Barnes ''et al.'', 1993) - amictic.)
• Traits:Sporogenesis  + (Reproduction via spores)
• Traits:Monoraphidioid  + (Resembling a crescent moon (see Olenina ''et al.'', 2006))
• Traits:RotationalEllipsoid  + (Rotational ellipsoid (Olenina ''et al.'', 2006))
• GravellyMuddySand  + (Sand (50-90%) with gravel (>5%) and mud (see Long, 2006))
• Traits:MuddySand  + (Sand (50-90%) with mud (see Long, 2006))
• Traits:GravellySand  + (Sand with 5-30% gravel (see Long 2006))
• Traits:SandMuddySand  + (Sands and sands with mud where sand is the major fraction (see Long 2006))
• Traits:IceAssociated  + (Sea ice, icebergs and other ice-associated marine habitats.)

• Traits:OffshoreSeabed  + (Seabed beyond three miles (5 km) from the shore.)

• Traits:Seizing  + (Seabird specific - probably not - large predators that pounce and grab also)
• Traits:Diving  + (Seabird specific?)
• Traits:Plunging  + (Seabird specific?)
• Traits:FollowingFishingBoats  + (Seabirds)
• Traits:FootStirring  + (Seabirds/Wader)
• Traits:FootPaddling  + (Seabirds/Wader)
• Traits:PickingfromWaterSurface  + (Seabirds/wader)
• Traits:Swimming  + (Seabirds/wader)
• Traits:Floating  + (Seabirds/wader)
• Traits:Dabbling  + (Seabirds/waders?)
• Traits:Doliolaria  + (Second free-swimming larvae (after the auricularia) in the Holothuroidea. It is characterized by a series of flagellated rings around a barrel-shaped body (Ruppert & Barnes, 1994; Stachowitsch, 1992).)
• Traits:Metanauplius  + (Second larval stage in decapod Crustacea; resembles the nauplius but with more appendages (see Stachowitsch, 1992).)
• Traits:TypeIV  + (Second-order opportunistic species (slight to pronounced unbalanced situations). Mainly small sized polychaetes: subsurface deposit-feeders, such as cirratulids.)
• Traits:MucusMesh  + (Secretion of a simple or complex mucus mesh to filter food particles from water column (e.g polychaetes ''Chaetopterus'' and larvaceans.)
• Traits:Ambusher  + (Sedentary or sessile predators, that wait for prey to come to them, and may or may not use a final pounce, traps or lures (e.g. sea anemones, large hydroids, spiders))
• Traits:CoarseSediments  + (Sediments composed of gravel and sand; inc. gravel, gravelly sand and sandy gravel (Long, 2006))
• Traits:Autotroph  + (Self-feeding. An organism capable of synthesizing complex organic substances from simple inorganic substrates (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998).)
• Traits:Flabellate  + (Shaped like a fan, fanlike (Brusca, 1980).)
• Traits:FunnelShaped  + (Shaped like a funnel)
• Traits:EggPropaguleSize  + (Size (diameter) of macrogamete (egg or ovum) in µm, mm, cm.)
• Traits:Hydrostatic  + (Skeletal support provided by hydrostatic pressure from a fluid filled cavity (e.g. the coelum) surrounded by muscles. Hydrostatic pressure provides skeletal support in sea anemones, jellyfish, nematodes, annelids, echinoderms, and other groups.)
• Traits:MixedCalcareousMaterial  + (Skeleton composed of a mixture of any of aragonite, calcite, high magnesium calcite or amorphous CaCO3)
• Traits:CalcareousSkeleton  + (Skeleton composed of calcareous spicules (sponges/echinoderms), plates, spines, bones or other structures)
• Traits:Filiform  + (Slender and thread-like (Kozloff, 1996).)
• Traits:SmallTribePridePackPod  + (Small group of individuals that work together for mutual benefit, often held together by familial (matriarchal/patriarchal) bonds (e.g. a pack or wolves, a pod of dolphin, a pride of lions, a tribe of humans).)