Chelicerates

Chelicerata

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Chelicerata (Chelicerates) is a group of arthropods. There are 75034 species of chelicerates, in 7868 genera and 903 families. This group has been around since the phanerozoic eon. They includes groups like Sea Scorpions, Sea Spiders, and Arachnids.

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EOL has data for 11 attributes, including:

first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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phanerozoic eon
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Phanerozoic
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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actively mobile
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
- Definition: uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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chelicerates Habitats

The environments in which many chelicerates species are known to live. Select an environment to see its chelicerates species checklist.

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Chelicerate Habitats

The environments in which many chelicerates species are known to live. Select an environment to see its chelicerates species checklist.

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