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post-anal tail
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A tail that extends from the posterior tip of the organism to the anus, contains muscle and skeleton. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
Label
post-anal tail
Synonyms
- muscular postanal tail
- postanal tail
Subsets
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
external definition
Anatomical structure that is the terminal, flexible posterior appendage of the organism.[AAO], Organism subdivision which is the part of the body posterior to the vent which includes the anal and caudal fins.[TAO]
has narrow synonym
post-anal fin tail
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
post-vent region
id
UBERON:0007812
taxon notes
present at some time in chordate life history (eg in Urochordates, present only in free-swimming larvae). Function: propellor locomotion (in some species)
Term relations
Subclass of:
- tail
- part of some caudal region
- transformation of some embryonic post-anal tail
- develops from some embryonic post-anal tail
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