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Peanut Worms

Sipuncula

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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body shape

Boyle and Rice 2018
vermiform
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7921571

Definition: shaped like a worm

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Pettibone 1982
vermiform
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7921571

Definition: shaped like a worm

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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

150

ecomorphological guild

World Register of Marine Species
planktonic
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Plankton

Definition: Living in the fluid medium (water or air) but unable to maintain their position or distribution independently of the movement of the water/air mass (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).

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

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ecosystem engineering

Queirós et al 2013
biodiffusor
URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RW_DIFF

Definition: organisms with activities that usually result in a constant and random local sediment biomixing over short distances.

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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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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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known marine species

Appeltans et al

150

motility

Queirós et al 2013
burrower
URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/MOB_BUR

Definition: An organism that lives or moves in a burrow in soft sediments.

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number of dna records in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

54
GGBN data coverage

135

number of specimens in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

2
GGBN data coverage

32

percent of marine species currently described

Appeltans et al

39

(min)
Appeltans et al

78

(max)

percent synonyms among marine species

Appeltans et al

90

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
dioecious
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681

Definition: a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.

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total species (expert opinion)

Appeltans et al

380

(max)
Appeltans et al

193

(min)

total unknown marine species

Appeltans et al

230

(max)
Appeltans et al

43

(min)

total unknown species (statistical model)

Appeltans et al

41325

type specimen repository

GBIF national node type records UK

NHMUK

undescribed marine species present in museum collections

Appeltans et al

41338

undiscovered marine morphospecies

Appeltans et al

41572

undiscovered species (molecular cryptic)

Appeltans et al

30

(min)
Appeltans et al

200

(max)