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WOD code table: t_16_taxon_feature

code_nameTaxonomic feature
unitsWOD code table
1SPHERICAL/COCCOID; ball-shaped; 1-dimension; radius
2ELLIPSOID; ellipsoid; 2-dimensions; long = length
3BACILLUS/ROD-SHAPED; long circular-column: 2-dimensions; long = length
4LENS-LIKE; lentil-shaped: 2-dimensions; long = radius
5SPINDLE-LIKE; needle-looking; 2-3 dimensions; long = length
6TRUNCATED-CONICAL; trunc-cone; 2 dimensions; usually long = length
7ARMORED/THECATE; armoured
8UNARMORED/ATHECATE; unarmoured
9HOLOCOCCOLITH-IC; coccoliths made of same size/shape crystals
10HETEROCOCCOLITH-IC; coccoliths made of different size/shape crystals
11FILAMENT; algal filaments (rather than individual cells) the unit used
12PAIRED SPHERE/COCCOID; Paired ball-shaped; 1-dimension; radius
13SINGLE CHLOROPLAST; Has only one chloroplast
14ARMOURED/ARMORED; Has armor
15UNARMOURED/UNARMORED; Without armor
16DOUBLE CONE; Radius
17EUKARYOTE; Has nucleus
18PROKARYOTE; Do not has nucleus
19LORICATE; having lorica
20NON-LORICATE; having no lorica
21COCCOID RODS
22CURVED RODS
23VIBRIO-LIKE
24GOLD AUTOFLUORESCING
25GREEN AUTOFLUORESCING
26RED AUTOFLUORESCING
27GOLD AUTOFLUORESCING + ROD-SHAPED; (double-feature properties)
28COLONY; (As in a radiolarian colony)