Hooded Shrimp

Cumacea

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Hooded shrimp is a group of typical crustaceans. There are 1728 species of hooded shrimp, in 160 genera and 8 families. This group has been around since the Callovian Age. Cumacea (hooded shrimp) includes groups like Diastylidae, Gynodiastylidae, and Ceratocumatidae.

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EOL has data for 23 attributes, including:

Supporting Structures and Enclosures
- URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/SupportingStructuresEnclosures
- Definition: Hard framework, internal or external, which supports and protects softer parts of plant, animal or unicellular organism, and to which muscles usually attach in animals, includes skeletons (derived from Lawrence, 2005).
- Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:SupportingStructuresEnclosures Lawrence, E. (ed.) (2005) Henderson's dictionary of Biology (13th edition). London, United Kingdom: Pearson Education Limited.
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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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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Bacteria
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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Callovian Age
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Callovian
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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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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is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Crangonidae
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: Organisms that move habitually, of their own volition.
- Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html
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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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preys on
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002439
- Definition: An interaction relationship involving a predation process, where the subject kills the target in order to eat it or to feed to siblings, offspring or group members
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Plantae (plant)
skeleton contains
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_1000106
- Definition: The composition of a skeletal tissue.
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chitin
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_17029
- Definition: An aminoglycan consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues.
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skeleton structure
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_0002342
- Definition: The structure of a skeleton.
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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 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: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509
- Definition: organism consuming a variety of foods, usually including both plants and animals
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of hooded shrimp

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hooded shrimp includes 8 children: