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Box Jellyfish

Cubozoa

described accepted species

Appeltans et al

37

ecomorphological guild

World Register of Marine Species
planktonic
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Plankton

Definition: Living in the fluid medium (water or air) but unable to maintain their position or distribution independently of the movement of the water/air mass (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).

Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Plankton

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(medusoid)
World Register of Marine Species
planktonic
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Plankton

Definition: Living in the fluid medium (water or air) but unable to maintain their position or distribution independently of the movement of the water/air mass (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).

Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Plankton

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(medusoid)

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

513 million years ago

(max)
Paleobiology Database
cambrian stage 4 age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/CambrianStage4

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

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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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(hydroid)

known marine species

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37

last appearance

Paleobiology Database

501 million years ago

(min)
Paleobiology Database
drumian age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Drumian

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

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number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

1

percent of marine species currently described

Appeltans et al

35

(min)
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55

(max)

percent synonyms among marine species

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20

sexual system

Fairbairn 2013
dioecious
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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total species (expert opinion)

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67

(min)
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107

(max)

total unknown marine species

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70

(max)
Appeltans et al

30

(min)

trophic level

ecology literature
carnivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875

Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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(adult)

undescribed marine species present in museum collections

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41567

undiscovered marine morphospecies

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20

(min)
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50

(max)

visual system

Picciani et al 2018
lens eyes
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/lens_eyes

Definition: Relative to pinhole eyes, lens eyes have greatly improved resolution and image brightness. The lens converges incoming rays of light, thereby reducing the angle over which each photoreceptor receives light, and forming an image focused on the retina. Most lens eyes have "accommodation"; they can focus an image either by physically moving the lens toward or away from the retina or by using eye muscles to adjust the shape of the lens.

Attribution: https://www.britannica.com/science/photoreception/Single-chambered-eyes#ref278819

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