Gorgasia

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Gorgasia is a genus of garden eels known for their slender, burrowing bodies that protrude from sandy sea floors in tropical and subtropical oceans.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gorgasia canonical 2
Gorgasia preclara 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
associatedWith coral reef slopes ⓘ
sandy plains near reefs ⓘ
behavior burrowing ⓘ
belongsToGroup garden eels ⓘ
bodyShape slender ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName garden eels ⓘ
defenseBehavior retreats fully into burrow when threatened ⓘ
describedAs genus of garden eels ⓘ
distribution subtropical regions ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ
ecologicalRole planktivore ⓘ
environment saltwater ⓘ
family Congridae ⓘ
feedingBehavior suspension feeding from burrow ⓘ
habitat sandy sea floors ⓘ
subtropical oceans ⓘ
tropical oceans ⓘ
hasSpecies Gorgasia cotroneii ⓘ
Gorgasia galzini ⓘ
Gorgasia inferomaculata ⓘ
Gorgasia klausewitzi ⓘ
Gorgasia maculata ⓘ
Gorgasia meadi ⓘ
Gorgasia naeocepaea ⓘ
Gorgasia preclara ⓘ
linked to: Gorgasia

Gorgasia punctata ⓘ
Gorgasia sillneri ⓘ
Gorgasia taiwanensis ⓘ
Gorgasia thamani ⓘ
Gorgasia vinceae ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifestyle marine ⓘ
locomotion anguilliform swimming ⓘ
notableBehavior remains partially buried with head exposed ⓘ
notableFeature bodies protrude from sand while burrowed ⓘ
order Anguilliformes ⓘ
parentTaxon Congridae ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
skeletonType bony fish ⓘ
socialBehavior forms colonies ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heterocongridae → notableGenus → Gorgasia ⓘ
Xenocongridae → hasMember → Gorgasia ⓘ
Gorgasia → hasSpecies → Gorgasia preclara ⓘ
linked to: Gorgasia