gill
A paired respiratory organ in fishes consisting of gill filaments on the gill arch in the posterior portion of the head and usually providing the primary exchange of gases between the blood and the surrounding water.
SEEDED workflow status. The source-seeding rules supplied this record; consult its curation history for later attributed changes. This status does not establish human review.
Source attestations
| Source | Label / path | Assertions | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREGO | gill | 3 | TAXON |
Broader habitats
- respiratory system
BTO:0000203
Associated taxa
| Taxon | Source | Rank | Pool | Corroborated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Flavobacterium branchiophilum FL-15 NCBITaxon:1034807 |
PREGO | 1 | 3 | |
endosymbiont of Bathymodiolus septemdierum str. Myojin knoll NCBITaxon:1303921 |
PREGO | 2 | 3 | |
Candidatus Vesicomyidisocius calyptogenae NCBITaxon:412965 |
PREGO | 3 | 3 |
Also called
- branchia
- branchial
- branchial tissue
- branchial tissues
- branchias