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Musculus nana (Dunker 1857)

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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ecomorphological guild

Paleobiology Database
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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(adult)

extinction status

Paleobiology Database
extant
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/extant

Definition: This taxon is still in existence, as opposed to extinct.

Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extant_taxon

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first appearance

Paleobiology Database

5.333 million years ago

(max)
Paleobiology Database
pliocene epoch
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Pliocene

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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forms

ecology literature
marine reef
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000029

Definition: A biome expressed by strips or ridges of rocks, sand, or coral that rises to or near the surface of a body of marine water.

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
marine reef
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000029

Definition: A biome expressed by strips or ridges of rocks, sand, or coral that rises to or near the surface of a body of marine water.

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geographic distribution

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Tasman Sea Species List
Tasman Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4365

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South China Sea Species List
South China Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4332

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Sea of Japan Species List
Sea Of Japan
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4307

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North Pacific Species List
North Pacific
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1908

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North Atlantic Species List
North Atlantic
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1912

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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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last appearance

Paleobiology Database

2.588 million years ago

(min)

latitude

OBIS environmental data records

18 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

9.25 degrees

(min)

longitude

OBIS environmental data records

109 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

79.2167 degrees

(min)

mineralized skeleton contains

Mineralogy
calcium carbonate
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_3311

Definition: A carbonate salt that has formula CO3Ca

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motility

Paleobiology Database
sessile
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860

Definition: organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile

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number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

2

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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skeleton structure

World Register of Marine Species
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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World Register of Marine Species
condensed
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001485

Definition: A structural quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being thicker or more closely packed together; pressed tightly together.

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trophic guild

Paleobiology Database
suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

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type specimen repository

GBIF national node type records France
museum national d'histoire naturelle (mnhn)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988

Definition: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France. URL for main institutional website: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/sommaire.xsp

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GBIF national node type records France
museum national d'histoire naturelle (mnhn)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988

Definition: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France. URL for main institutional website: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/sommaire.xsp

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