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Remipedes

Remipedia

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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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

24

habitat

Brusca and Brusca, 2003
sea cave
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000326

Definition: A cave in present-day or emerged sea cliffs, formed by wave attack or solution.

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(adult)

has venom

von Reumont et al 2014
peptidases
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q212410

Definition: hydrolases found in the venoms of cephalopods, hymenopterans, remipedes, reptiles, and mammals. Effects: prevention of blood coagulation, and the causing of vasodilation, smooth muscle contraction, pain, and inflammation.

Attribution: Björn M. von Reumont, Alexander Blanke, Sandy Richter, Fernando Alvarez, Christoph Bleidorn, Ronald A. Jenner, The First Venomous Crustacean Revealed by Transcriptomics and Functional Morphology: Remipede Venom Glands Express a Unique Toxin Cocktail Dominated by Enzymes and a Neurotoxin, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 31, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 48–58, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mst199

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von Reumont et al 2014
chitinases
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q424099

Definition: a widely distributed group of hydrolytic enzymes that catalyze the breakdown of chitin

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von Reumont et al 2014
agatoxins
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMIT_0027854

Definition: neurotoxin group originally described from spiders

Attribution: Billen B, Vassilevski A, Nikolsky A, Debaveye S, Tytgat J, Grishin E. Unique bell-shaped voltage-dependent modulation of Na+ channel gating by novel insect-selective toxins from the spider Agelena orientalis, J Biol Chem., 2010, vol. 285 (pg. 18545-18554)

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number of public records in bold

Barcode of Life Data Systems

36

percent of marine species currently described

Appeltans et al

26

(min)
Appeltans et al

42

(max)

percent synonyms among marine species

Appeltans et al

4

sexual system

Fairbairn 2013
synchronous hermaphrodite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010899

Definition: Hermaphroditic organism that produces both male and female gametes at the same time

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total unknown marine species

Appeltans et al

33

(min)
Appeltans et al

67

(max)

trophic guild

Brusca and Brusca, 2003
carnivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875

Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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(adult)

undescribed marine species present in museum collections

Appeltans et al

8

undiscovered marine morphospecies

Appeltans et al

50

(max)
Appeltans et al

20

(min)

undiscovered species (molecular cryptic)

Appeltans et al

41403

visual system

Yager 1981
blind
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10874

Definition: complete or nearly complete lack of vision

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