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Deuterostomes

Deuterostomia

Deuterostomia (Deuterostomes) is a group of animals. There are 86465 species of deuterostomes, in 15304 genera and 2393 families. This group has been around since the phanerozoic eon. They includes groups like Echinoderms and Hermichordates.

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EOL has data for 4 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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541 million years ago
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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marine
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000447
- Definition: An aquatic biome that comprises systems of open-ocean and unprotected coastal habitats, characterized by exposure to wave action, tidal fluctuation, and ocean currents as well as systems that largely resemble these. Water in the marine biome is generally within the salinity range of seawater: 30 to 38 ppt.
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is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes 1847 (Tarpon)
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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294245

deuterostomes Habitats

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

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Deuterostome Habitats

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

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