Image of Dendroceratida Minchin 1900

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Keratosa Grant 1861

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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ecomorphological guild

Paleobiology Database
intermediate-level epifaunal
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/intermediateEpifaunal

Definition: Organism living on the surface of the substratum on rocks or biogenic substrates several centimeters above the seafloor.

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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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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

466 million years ago

(max)
Paleobiology Database
darriwilian age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Darriwilian

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

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database

460.9 million years ago

(min)

mineralized skeleton contains

Mineralogy
biogenic silica
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_64389

Definition: A biogenic mineral comprised of hydrated silica

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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

4

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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trophic guild

Brusca and Brusca, 2003
omnivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509

Comment: Auto-added during harvest #1048. A human needs to edit this.

Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
feeding current
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/feedingCurrent

Definition: An organism which obtains food by utilizing a feeding current.

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(adult)
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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visual system

Nilsson 2013
blind
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10874

Definition: complete or nearly complete lack of vision

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