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Goblet Worms

Entoprocta

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

Fuchs et al 2010
stalked
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/stalked

Definition: having a distinct body that is attached to the substrate by a thinner stalk or trunk

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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

193

known marine species

Appeltans et al

193

number of dna records in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

33

number of new species decribed 1999-2008

Appeltans et al

18

number of specimens in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

5

percent of marine species currently described

Appeltans et al

16

percent synonyms among marine species

Appeltans et al

13

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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Fairbairn 2013
asexual reproduction
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019954

Definition: Capable of the biological process in which new individuals are produced by either a single cell or a group of cells, in the absence of any sexual process.

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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

1223

total unknown marine species

Appeltans et al

1030

total unknown species (statistical model)

Appeltans et al

16

(min)
Appeltans et al

57

(max)

trophic guild

Brusca and Brusca, 2003
phytoplanktivore
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/phytoplanktivore

Definition: A herbivorous organism feeding primarily on phytoplankton

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
ciliary-mucus feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ciliary_mucus_feeder

Definition: a consumer that feeds using rows of cilia carrying a mucus sheet across some structure while water is passed through or across it

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(adult)

undescribed marine species present in museum collections

Appeltans et al

30

undiscovered marine morphospecies

Appeltans et al

1000