HabitatMech

claw

BTO:0001719 ·resolve ·HOST_ASSOCIATED ·EXACT REVIEWED

1. A sharp, curved, horny structure at the end of a toe of a mammal, reptile, or bird. 2. A chela or similar pincerlike structure on the end of a limb of a crustacean or other arthropod. 3. A limb terminating in such a structure. — BTO

Source attestations

Each upstream vocabulary's own account of this habitat. Assertion counts are per-source units and are not comparable across sources — GOLD counts organisms, BacDive strains, PREGO taxa.

What each upstream vocabulary says about this habitat

Source	Label / path	Assertions	Unit
GOLD	Host-associated > Mammals > Integumentary system > Claws 2 GOLD ecosystem node ids share this path; first shown. See data/raw/gold_ecosystem_paths.tsv.	—
GOLD	Host-associated > Birds > Integumentary system > Claws/Talon 2 GOLD ecosystem node ids share this path; first shown. See data/raw/gold_ecosystem_paths.tsv.	—

Broader habitats

• limb BTO:0001492
• Integumentary system habitatmech:GOLD.56e0776270
• Integumentary system habitatmech:GOLD.968051b240

Also called

• Claws — GOLD
• Claws/Talon — GOLD

Curation

What a curator decided about this record, and why. A record built from several source concepts can carry one decision per concept.

1. GROUND 2026-08-12 · claude-opus-5

   Grounded to BTO:0001719 'claw' (EXACT). Leaf label equals the BTO label exactly and no other source concept claims it. Path: Host-associated > Mammals > Integumentary system > Claws (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.85999f8943)

2. GROUND 2026-08-12 · claude-opus-5

   Grounded to BTO:0001719 'claw' (EXACT). Slash alternative; a talon is a claw. Path: Host-associated > Birds > Integumentary system > Claws/Talon (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.efa84cfb9b)

Provenance

Generated by scripts/seed_from_sources.py from the committed inventories in data/raw/. View the record.