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A multicellular organism is an organism that consists of more than one cell, unlike unicellular organisms. All species of animals, land plants and most...

channels and grooves that conform with the shape of its body, rock boring organism (eu = true) Hypoendolith Colonizes the pore spaces located on the underside...

This is a list of the longest-living biological organisms: the individual(s) (or in some instances, clones) of a species with the longest natural maximum...

example, penetration of a fossil shell by the drilling action of a boring organism is an example of such a relationship. Cross-cutting relationships can...

later for sampling. Colonization experiments revealed the presence of wood boring bivalves that belong to the subfamily Xylophagainae, such as Xylophaga dorsalis...

glaciations), the Boring Billion period itself actually had very low oxygen levels and no geological evidence of glaciations. The oceans during the Boring Billion...

A pest is any organism harmful to humans or human concerns. The term is particularly used for creatures that damage crops, livestock, and forestry or cause...

Pholad borings are tubular burrows in firm clay and soft rock that have been created by bivalve molluscs (boring clams) in the family Pholadidae. The...

benefit nor are harmed. This is in contrast with mutualism, in which both organisms benefit from each other; amensalism, where one is harmed while the other...

algae), the first taxonomically resolved eukaryote. This was the first organism that exhibited sexual reproduction, which is an essential feature for complex...

physical impressions made on or in the substrate by an organism. For example, burrows, borings (bioerosion), urolites (erosion caused by evacuation of...

biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life. It provides organisms with nutrients, which can be metabolized to...

often continued to use replaceable, wooden sheathing planks. Wood-boring organisms were less of a problem for these vessels and they were often routinely...

contribute significant manure, are also factors. The diversity of soil organisms in the boreal forest is high, comparable to the tropical rainforest. Fallen leaves...

A hermaphrodite (/hərˈmæfrəˌdaɪt/) is a sexually reproducing organism that produces both male and female gametes. Animal species in which individuals are...

with vegetable oil mixed with wood resin to prevent decay and wood-boring organisms, in accordance with medieval practices in the Eastern Mediterranean...

"an organism has conscious mental states if and only if there is something that it is like to be that organism—something it is like for the organism." This...

species of Gram-variable-staining facultative anaerobic bacteria. The organisms are small (1.0–1.5 μm in diameter) non-spore-forming, nonmotile coccobacilli...

display, and as an osmotic barrier against desiccation in terrestrial organisms. Exoskeletons have roles in defence from parasites and predators and in...

found from the early and late Devonian, suggesting the organism survived the stress of boring for many millions of years. Intriguingly, boreholes appeared...