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Follow-up to #3789, per @cmungall's note that the anal tooth should be moved to the holothurian cloaca.

Change

UBERON:0012468 (anal tooth):

• before: intersection_of: part_of UBERON:0001353 ! anal region
• after: intersection_of: part_of UBERON:1200005 ! holothurian cloaca

Single-line diff on src/ontology/uberon-edit.obo.

Rationale

Holothurian anal teeth ring the terminal opening of the holothurian cloaca (the structure added in #3789); the previous part_of anal region was a vertebrate-centric approximation from the term's original 2012 placement, from before holothurian cloaca existed.

The new part_of is anatomically more precise and keeps the (non-)homology commitments internally consistent: holothurian cloaca is deliberately not asserted to be a kind of vertebrate cloaca, and anal tooth remains outside the vertebrate tooth lineage (is_a tooth-like structure, not tooth).

The in_taxon NCBITaxon:7586 (Echinodermata) is left as-is; it is now redundant (reasoner will infer the tighter Holothuroidea via the new part_of), but tightening it is a separate change.

Test plan

• obo-checkout.pl / obo-checkin.pl round-trip clean
• robot convert -f obo reserialisation clean
• Reasoning / CI green on this branch

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PR review: #3790

• Read the diff and the two terms involved
• Checked that the new parent is consistent
• Submitted an approving review

Result: I approved the PR. UBERON:1200005 (holothurian cloaca) exists, isn't obsolete, and is in Holothuroidea, so it fits the anal tooth's Echinodermata in_taxon. The one suggestion is optional: tighten the now-redundant in_taxon in a follow-up. I didn't run reasoning or CI, so confirm CI is green before merging.

[ai4c-reviewer]

• Hierarchy and parents are consistent
• Definitions and supporting references look adequate
• Obsolete or replacement handling is safe (n/a)
• OBO and ODK conventions appear preserved
• No obvious CI, auth, or workflow regression

Single-line change: anal tooth (UBERON:0012468) now part_of UBERON:1200005 (holothurian cloaca) instead of anal region. UBERON:1200005 exists, is not obsolete, and has in_taxon NCBITaxon:7705 (Holothuroidea), which is consistent with the anal tooth's in_taxon Echinodermata. The new parent matches the definition (papillae around the anus of Holothuriidae) and avoids implying homology with the vertebrate cloaca or tooth.

🔵 SUGGESTION: the in_taxon Echinodermata is now redundant. Tightening it to Holothuroidea can be a follow-up, as the PR notes.

Please make sure reasoning/CI is green before merging.

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This PR modifies some logical definitions. See details below:

Number of classes with modified logical definitions: 1

anal tooth

No changes in inferred subclasses.

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Review of #3790 (re-review after the repoint commit)

• Hierarchy and parents are consistent
• Definitions and supporting references look adequate
• Obsolete or replacement handling is safe
• OBO and ODK conventions appear preserved
• No obvious CI, auth, or workflow regression (I didn't run CI or the reasoner, so check the CI status yourself)

Result: no 🔴 or 🟡 issues. I can't submit a formal approval, so that's up to a human reviewer.

What I checked

• The latest commit changes anal tooth (UBERON:0012468) from part_of UBERON:1200005 to part_of UBERON:1200386 ! holothurian cloaca.
• UBERON:1200386 exists in uberon-edit.obo and isn't obsolete.
  • It is holothurian cloaca, is_a subdivision of digestive tract, and in_taxon NCBITaxon:7705 (Holothuroidea).
  • That taxon sits under the anal tooth's Echinodermata in_taxon, so the taxon constraint is compatible.
• The term's comment says no homology with vertebrate cloaca is asserted. The anal tooth stays under tooth-like structure and not tooth, so the two terms are consistent.
• A search for id: UBERON:1200005 finds no stanza, so the old ID no longer resolves. The repoint is needed.
• The diff against HEAD~1 is the one-line change. The git diff origin/master...HEAD form reported no merge base in this checkout, so I couldn't use it.
• The "Removed subclasses: owl:Nothing" note from the logical-definition bot is expected. It means the class was unsatisfiable before and isn't now.

Suggestions

• 🔵 PR description: it still says UBERON:1200005. Update it to UBERON:1200386.
• 🔵 Redundant in_taxon: as the PR notes, in_taxon Echinodermata is now redundant with the Holothuroidea taxon the reasoner infers from the new part_of. It's fine to tighten that in a follow-up.
• 🔵 Other references to the old ID: if other open PRs or branches still use UBERON:1200005, repoint them to UBERON:1200386 too.

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Review of #3790 after the latest push

• Hierarchy and parents are consistent
• Definitions and supporting references look adequate
• Obsolete or replacement handling is safe (n/a)
• OBO and ODK conventions appear preserved
• No obvious CI, auth, or workflow regression (I did not run reasoning or CI)

The diff against origin/master is one line in src/ontology/uberon-edit.obo. In anal tooth (UBERON:0012468), part_of UBERON:0001353 ! anal region becomes part_of UBERON:1200386 ! holothurian cloaca.

Corrects the earlier review. The earlier review and the PR description cite UBERON:1200005. After the renumbering in #3798, holothurian cloaca is UBERON:1200386, and the branch already uses that ID (commit 1f4db86). I checked UBERON:1200386:

• It exists and is not obsolete.
• It is is_a subdivision of digestive tract.
• It has in_taxon NCBITaxon:7705 (Holothuroidea), which fits the anal tooth's in_taxon Echinodermata.
• Its comment says no homology with the vertebrate cloaca is asserted, which matches the PR's intent.

🔵 Suggestion: update the PR description so UBERON:1200005 reads UBERON:1200386. The description is now stale.

🔵 Suggestion: as the PR notes, in_taxon Echinodermata on the anal tooth is now redundant. Tightening it to Holothuroidea can be a follow-up.

I found nothing blocking. Please confirm the reasoning and CI checks pass before merging.

[matentzn]

Please dismiss my review.

[matentzn]

Make sure that anal teeth are really part of the cloaca. Samyn et al. 2006 (Zootaxa 1138, https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/78114.pdf), Actinopyga diagnosis: "anus dorsal to terminal, guarded by five, nearly always prominent, heavily calcified terminal tube feet (= "anal teeth")". So they're podia, body wall / water vascular appendages ringing the anal opening, not part of the terminal gut chamber. And since this is an intersection_of, anything tooth-like that's part of the holothurian cloaca gets classified as an anal tooth.

The old part_of anal region was at least right about position. I'd keep that, and at most add adjacent_to the holothurian cloaca (or its opening).

[matentzn]

This one predates the PR, but while we're here: tooth-like structure is defined as an organ "found in the mouth or pharynx ... used in procuring or masticating food" and carries capable_of_part_of mastication. Anal teeth don't chew anything. This is the terminological trap @cmungall described on #3789: the label says "tooth" and the axioms bought into it.

I'd drop the intersection_of and go with something like:

is_a: UBERON:0008247 ! tube foot
relationship: part_of UBERON:0001353 ! anal region

plus a def that says what they are, e.g. "A heavily calcified tube foot, typically one of five, that guards the anus in some Holothuriidae (e.g. Actinopyga)." Then in_taxon could go to Holothuroidea (NCBITaxon:7705) while we're at it.