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Chamoidea Lamarck 1809

ecomorphological guild

Paleobiology Database
epibiotic
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q640114

Definition: organism that lives on the surface of another living organism

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(adult)
Paleobiology Database
substrate-attached
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Attached

Definition: This organism is normally physically attached to the substrate upon which it lives

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(adult)
Paleobiology Database
epifaunal
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Epifaunal

Definition: An animal living on the surface of the substratum.

Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Epifaunal

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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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first appearance

Paleobiology Database
hauterivian age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Hauterivian

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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Paleobiology Database

130 million years ago

(adult, max)

forms

Yamano et al 2000
shallow marine sediment
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_03000034

Definition: Marine sediment that accumulates within shallow regions of the oceanic basin close to continents, such as the continental shelf, or continental slope

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(dead)

habitat

World Register of Marine Species
marine benthic
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000024

Definition: The marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database
cenozoic era
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Cenozoic

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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latitude

OBIS environmental data records

52.6 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

-39.9525 degrees

(min)

longitude

OBIS environmental data records

-144.733 degrees

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

168.15 degrees

(max)

mineralized skeleton contains

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

Definition: Calcium carbonate (CO3Ca), aragonite structure

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motility

Paleobiology Database
sessile
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860

Definition: organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile

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number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

995

(adult)

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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skeleton structure

World Register of Marine Species
exoskeleton
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006611

Definition: Exoskeleton or shell, including those of mollusks, turtles, insects and crustaceans

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condensed
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001485

Definition: A structural quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being thicker or more closely packed together; pressed tightly together.

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trophic guild

Paleobiology Database
suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

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water depth

OBIS environmental data records

5054 m

(max)

water dissolved o2 concentration

OBIS environmental data records

6.561 mL/L

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

3.104 mL/L

(min)

water nitrate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

31.834 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

0.033 µmol/l

(min)

water o2 saturation

OBIS environmental data records

44.544 percent

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

103.814 percent

(max)

water phosphate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

2.181 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

0.067 µmol/l

(min)

water salinity

OBIS environmental data records

31.893 psu

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

37.926 psu

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water silicate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

0.406 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

29.964 µmol/l

(max)

water temperature

OBIS environmental data records

4.378 degrees celsius

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

28.54 degrees celsius

(max)