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They are listed as <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-0">endangered</span> by IUCN. They are associated with <span class='a term-info-a' id='brief-summary-toggle-1'>freshwater habitat</span>. They are native to <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-2">Oceania continent (Australia, NZ and islands)</span>. They are <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-4">diurnal</span> <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-3">carnivores</span>. Individuals can grow to 46.0 cm. They have <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-5">sexual reproduction</span>. They have parental care (<span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-6">female provides care</span> and <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-7">paternal care</span>). They rely on <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-8">swimming</span> to move around.</p> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-0'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/endangered">http://eol.org/schema/terms/endangered</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A taxon is Endangered when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the \r\ncriteria A to E for Endangered, and it is therefore considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.</li> <li><strong>Source:</strong> <a href='http://apiv3.iucnredlist.org/api/v3/taxonredirect/12581'>http://apiv3.iucnredlist.org/api/v3/taxonredirect/12581</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=731&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=500&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-1'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=891&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1002&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-2'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://www.geonames.org/6255151">http://www.geonames.org/6255151</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=6229&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1648&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-3'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875">https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue</li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='Crustacean body sizes'>Crustacean body sizes</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=366&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2563&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-4'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470">http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=637&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=212&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-5'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=2255&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2072&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-6'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCareFemale">http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCareFemale</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> the female feeds and nurtures offspring</li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109'>Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=6263&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1837&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-7'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/paternalCare">http://eol.org/schema/terms/paternalCare</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=6436&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1837&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-8'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0036268">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0036268</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through water, often by means of active fin movement.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=2435&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1357&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <p>EOL has data for <a href="/pages/218989/data">33 attributes</a>, including:</p> </div> <ul class='sample-traits'> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>Body symmetry</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry">http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=12748&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>bilaterally symmetric</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=8222&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=12748&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>body shape</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/BodyShape">http://eol.org/schema/terms/BodyShape</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=262&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>bilaterally symmetric</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=8222&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=262&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>diet includes</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/Diet">http://eol.org/schema/terms/Diet</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Information about the items eaten by this organism.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=622&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>worms</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q47253">https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q47253</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> animals that typically have a long tube-like body</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=8238&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=622&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>geographic distribution includes</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present">http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=941&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>Australia</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://www.geonames.org/2077456">http://www.geonames.org/2077456</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=3208&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=941&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>locomotion</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Self-propelled movement of a cell or organism from one location to another. </li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='[database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]'>[database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1357&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>swimming</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0036268">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0036268</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through water, often by means of active fin movement.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=2435&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1357&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>mating system</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/MatingSystem">http://eol.org/schema/terms/MatingSystem</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1460&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>monogamous</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000063">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000063</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> One male and one female have an exclusive mating relationship</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=8220&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1460&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>native range includes</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange">http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1648&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>Oceania continent (Australia, NZ and islands)</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://www.geonames.org/6255151">http://www.geonames.org/6255151</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=6229&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1648&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>parental care</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0060746">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0060746</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A reproductive behavior in which a parent cares for and rears offspring. </li> <li><strong>Comment:</strong> [database_cross_reference: GOC:dph]</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1837&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>provisioning</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2874419">https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2874419</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> supplying materials, especially food</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=8224&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1837&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>population trend</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend">http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1981&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>Decreasing</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>reproduction</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000003">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000003</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> The production of new individuals that contain some portion of genetic material inherited from one or more parent organisms</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2072&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>sexual reproduction</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=2255&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2072&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>social system</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/SocialSystem">http://eol.org/schema/terms/SocialSystem</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Description of the relationships among individuals within a population of organisms, including reproductive relationships (mating system), relationships within each sex, adult – young interactions, helpers and cooperation (group living).</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2312&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>group living</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/socialGroupLiving">http://eol.org/schema/terms/socialGroupLiving</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> where individuals of the same species (conspecifics), maintain spatial proximity with one another over time with mechanisms of social attraction</li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_living'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_living</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=7079&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2312&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>trophic guild</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild">http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A group 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