An external caudal extension of the body. In chordates, the tail is post-anal, in other animals the anus ends in the tail [ AEO:0000109 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail ]
Term information
- WBbt:0005741
- Wikipedia:Tail
- BILA:0000117
- MAT:0000094
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjiC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- AEO:0000109
- EFO:0000963
- BTO:0001348
- GAID:1245
- EHDAA:9198
- MIAA:0000094
- MESH:D013623
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, grouping_class
An external caudal extension of the body. In chordates, the tail is post-anal, in other animals the anus ends in the tail
Note we also have a subclass post-anal tail, for the chordate specific structure. currently defined very generally, inclusive of caudal fin
Term relations
- subdivision of organism along main body axis
- only in taxon some Bilateria
- part of some posterior region of body