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• Body symmetry

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
  • Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry

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  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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• cellularity

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
  • Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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  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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• known marine species

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DescribedAcceptedSpecies
  • Definition: number of currently described and taxonomically accepted marine species in this clade (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)

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  1307
• ecomorphological guild

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
  • Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles

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  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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• first appearance

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
  • Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.

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  433.4 million years ago
• habitat

  • URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
  • Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
  • Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"

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  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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• 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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  4
• skeleton structure

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_0002342
  • Definition: The structure of a skeleton.

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  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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• trophic guild

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
  • Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)

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  parasite

  • URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12806437
  • Definition: organism adapted to living on or in another organism and causing harm to its host

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• trophic level

  • URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1053008
  • Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.

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  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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• undescribed marine species present in museum collections

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/UndescribedSpeciesInMuseumCollections
  • Definition: "marine species in this clade which are currently represented in specimen collections (estimate) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)"

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  500

sea spiders includes 1 child:

• Pantopoda (Sea Spiders)
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