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Parameter: PARASITE_GROUP_COMMON_NAME

Dataset: 
Vent Parasite Dissection Data
Parameter: 
common_name
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 common_name
Short Description:
 common_name
Official Name:
 common_name
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Commonly used name for a species.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
PARASITE_GROUP_COMMON_NAME
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

The common name used to refer to the parasite or other symbiont taxonomic group in Dykman et al. (2023). Metazoan parasite group common names include Acanthocephala, Copepoda, Nematoda, Rhizocephala, and Trematoda. Commensal and egg predator group names include Polychaeta and Nemertea. Microbial or unknown pathologies are given informal descriptive names (i.e., cyst unk, filamentous bacteria, melanized tissue). Missing data identifier NA (not applicable).