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Horseshoe Crabs And Relatives

Xiphosurida

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
nektobenthic
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/nektobenthic

Definition: Active swimming organisms that live near the bottom a body of water.

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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

541 million years ago

(max)
Paleobiology Database
paleozoic era
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Paleozoic

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

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database

2.588 million years ago

(min)
Paleobiology Database
neogenen period
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Neogene

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

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motility

Paleobiology Database
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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(adult)

number of dna records in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

30

number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

243

number of public records in bold

Barcode of Life Data Systems

171

number of specimens in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

10

skeleton structure

Mineralogy
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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