Moss Animals

Bryozoa

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It is a suspension feeder

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder
Definition: An organism which obtains food primarily by suspension feeding. Reid WDK, Wigham BD, McGill RAR, Polunin NVC (2012) Elucidating trophic pathways in benthic deep-sea assemblages of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north and south of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 463:89-103. doi:10.3354/meps09863

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EOL has data for 22 attributes, including:

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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attached to substrate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Attached
- Definition: This organism is normally physically attached to the substrate upon which it lives
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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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Cambrian Stage 10 Age
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/CambrianStage10
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
- Definition: The organism inhabits this environment or ecoregion.
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brackish water environment
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000322
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last appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilLast
- Definition: The last appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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Cenozoic Era
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Cenozoic
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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skeletal tissue composition
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_1000106
- Definition: The composition of a skeletal tissue.
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low-magnesium calcite
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/lowMgCalcite
- Definition: Calcium carbonate minerals containing low proportions of magnesium ions. Less than 4 mole-% MgCO3.
- Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html
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