Image of Epimenia babai Salvini-Plawen 1997

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Solenogasters

Solenogastres Gegenbaur 1878

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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described accepted species

Appeltans et al

263

extinction status

Paleobiology Database
extant
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/extant

Definition: This taxon is still in existence, as opposed to extinct.

Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extant_taxon

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mineralized skeleton contains

Mineralogy
aragonite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52239

Definition: Calcium carbonate (CO3Ca), aragonite structure

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number of dna records in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

15

number of specimens in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

9

percent of marine species currently described

Appeltans et al

44

(max)
Appeltans et al

34

(min)

percent synonyms among marine species

Appeltans et al

21

reproduction

Fairbairn 2013
sexual reproduction
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953

Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.

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sexual system

Fairbairn 2013
synchronous hermaphrodite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010899

Definition: Hermaphroditic organism that produces both male and female gametes at the same time

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total unknown marine species

Appeltans et al

340

(min)
Appeltans et al

510

(max)

undescribed marine species present in museum collections

Appeltans et al

30

(max)
Appeltans et al

20

(min)

undiscovered marine morphospecies

Appeltans et al

480

(max)
Appeltans et al

320

(min)

visual system

Salvini Plawen and Mayr 1977
blind
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10874

Definition: complete or nearly complete lack of vision

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