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- 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).)
- Traits:Flaccid + (Soft, limp, flabby (Brusca, 1980).)
- Traits:Choanocytes + (Special feeding cell of sponges)
- Traits:Palps + (Specialist - Protobranch molluscs)
- Traits:GillRakers + (Specialist - e.g. planktivorous fish such as basking shark)
- Traits:Lophophore + (Specialist - filter feeding organ e.g. brachiopods, phoronids, bryozoans)
- Traits:PiercingToxic + (Specialist - modified radula used to inject toxins, e.g. cone shells)
- Traits:InhalentSiphon + (Specialist - modified siphon to capture prey)
- Traits:OralPodia + (Specialist - modified tube feet in holothurians)
- Traits:Radulae + (Specialist - protrusile anterior region of digestive tract; refers to chitinized teeth along the radular membrane (Stachowitsch, 1992).)
- Traits:AristolesLantern + (Specialist - sea urchins)
- Traits:FilerBasket + (Specialist e.g. sea squirts)
- Traits:Glochidium + (Specialist larval form in some freshwater … Specialist larval form in some freshwater bivalves, characterized by a bivalve shell, with or with a pair of hooks, and a long adhesive thread or tentacle. It lives as a temporary parasite on the gills or fins of fish. In some species a modified glochidium is termed a 'lasidium' before attachment and a 'haustorium' after attachment (Stachowitsch, 1992).um' after attachment (Stachowitsch, 1992).)
- Traits:Detected in invasion pathway + (Species detected in invasion pathways for example in ballast water, or as a hull-fouling organism.)
- Traits:Management recorded + (Species for which some management action including prevention has been recorded in its introduced range.)
- Traits:TypeII + (Species indifferent to enrichment, always present in low densities with non-significant variations with time (from initial state, to slight unbalance). These include suspension feeders, less selective carnivores and scavengers.)
- Traits:Alien + (Species introduced by man into places out of their natural range of distribution.)
- Traits:Reported + (Species that are 'reported' to be present but with no further information.)
- Traits:Of concern + (Species that are demonstrating aggressive spread and there is concern about its spread OR species where some concern has been recorded- this may be due to known records of its invasiveness and impacts in other areas of their known introduced range.)
- Traits:Invasive + (Species that are known to be invasive- those species in whose cases evidence of impact has been recorded or which is spreading aggressively.)
- Traits:Present/controlled + (Species that are known to be present in their introduced range and are subject to some control option.)
- Traits:Sometimes present + (Species that are reported as present but only 'sometimes'.)
- Traits:MSFDIndicators + (Species that comprise indicators or compon … Species that comprise indicators or components of indicators for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/marine/eu-coast-and-marine-policy/marine-strategy-framework-directive/index_en.htm), with emphasis on Descriptors 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6. emphasis on Descriptors 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6.)
- Traits:Not invasive + (Species that has not demonstrated any invasive traits in its introduced range.)
- Traits:Established and stable + (Species that have become established in their introduced range but are not known to be spreading aggressively.)
- Traits:Established and expanding + (Species that have become established in their introduced range and are known to be increasing in abundance and expanding their range.)
- Traits:Established + (Species that have become established in their introduced range.)
- Traits:Border Intercept + (Species that have been intercepted at borders as a result of detection procedures.)
- Traits:In captivity/cultivated + (Species that have been introduced and maintained in captivity or cultivated for example those species that are farmed in aquaculture or mariculture facilities.)
- Traits:Detected in the wild + (Species that have been recorded as present in the wild with no further information.)
- Traits:Eradication unconfirmed + (Species that have been subject to an eradication event but have not been confirmed as eradicated.)
- Traits:Eradicated + (Species that have been subject to an eradication event and have been confirmed as eradicated.)
- Traits:Recorded in error + (Species that have reported or recorded in error.)
- Traits:Native - Endemic + (Species that is native and endemic to a country or sea area i.e. a species that is unique to a location or habitat.)
- Traits:Native - Non-endemic + (Species that is native to an area but is not endemic to it i.e. a species that has a wide native range.)
- Traits:Native + (Species that is native to the country or sea area.)
- Traits:Extirpated + (Species that were present but have been declared extinct.)
- Traits:Absent + (Species that were reported at some time to be present but were not recorded subsequently are reported to be ‘Absent’.)
- Traits:TypeIII + (Species tolerant to excess organic matter … Species tolerant to excess organic matter enrichment. These species may occur under normal conditions, but their populations are stimulated by organic richment (slight unbalance situations). They are surface deposit-feeding species, as tubicolous spionids.t-feeding species, as tubicolous spionids.)
- Traits:TypeI + (Species very sensitive to organic enrichment and present under unpolluted conditions (initial state). They include the specialist carnivores and some deposit-feeding tubicolous polychaetes.)
- Traits:Occurrence Not specified + (Species which may be listed as alien or introduced but whose occurrence has not been specified.)
- Traits:Origin uncertain + (Species whose biological status is uncertain i.e. it is uncertain if the species is native or alien to the location.)
- Traits:Invasiveness Uncertain + (Species whose invasiveness is uncertain.)
- Traits:Origin unknown + (Species whose origins cannot be verified OR a species whose origin has not been specified in the source information.)
- Traits:Introduction unverified + (Species whose presence is uncertain, maybe reported as present anecdotally but not confirmed.)
- Traits:Stacks + (Stacks of indivudal cells/frustules (e.g. in diatoms), like a pack of cards.)
- Traits:FoodPiracy + (Stealing food from other birds in flight)