Penis Worms

Priapulida

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Penis worms is a group of animals. There are 22 species of penis worms, in 7 genera and 5 families. This group has been around since the Cambrian Period. Priapulida (penis worms) have sexual reproduction. Reproduction is dioecious. Priapulida (penis worms) is a facultatively mobile animal.

URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Cambrian
Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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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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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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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/facultativelyMobile
Definition: Organisms that can change location but do so infrequently, e.g., crinoids, some infaunal bivalves.
Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html

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EOL has data for 15 attributes, including:

eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Porifera (sponges)
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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shallow infaunal
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/shallowInfaunal
- Definition: Benthic organism that lives within the upper layers of unlithified (soft) substrate.
- Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html
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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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541 million years ago
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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deep marine sediment
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002113
- Definition: sediment that accumulates in the flat or very gently sloping areas of the deep ocean basin floor. The three main types are siliceous oozes, calcareous oozes, and red clays.
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is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Gadus morhua Linnaeus 1758 (Atlantic cod)
motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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facultatively mobile
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/facultativelyMobile
- Definition: Organisms that can change location but do so infrequently, e.g., crinoids, some infaunal bivalves.
- 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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171
number of public records in BOLD
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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6
reproduction
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000003
- Definition: The production of new individuals that contain some portion of genetic material inherited from one or more parent organisms
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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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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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carnivore
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
- Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of penis worms

penis worms Habitats

The environments in which many penis worms species are known to live. Select an environment to see its penis worms species checklist.

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penis worms Habitats

The environments in which many penis worms species are known to live. Select an environment to see its penis worms species checklist.

penis worms includes 4 children: