Box Jellyfish

Cubozoa

World Register of Marine Species
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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planktonic
- URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Plankton
- Definition: Living in a fluid medium (eg: water) but unable to maintain their position or distribution independently of the movement of the fluid (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).
- Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Plankton
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World Register of Marine Species
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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planktonic
- URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Plankton
- Definition: Living in a fluid medium (eg: water) but unable to maintain their position or distribution independently of the movement of the fluid (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).
- Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Plankton
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Paleobiology Database
extinction status
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ExtinctionStatus
- Definition: Indicates whether a taxon is extant (living today) or extinct.
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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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Paleobiology Database
first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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513 million years ago

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Paleobiology Database
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 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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Environments EOL
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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beach
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000091
- Definition: A landform consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, cobble, or even shell fragments along the shoreline of a body of water.
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Environments EOL
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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marine
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000447
- Definition: An aquatic biome that comprises systems of open-ocean and unprotected coastal habitats, characterized by exposure to wave action, tidal fluctuation, and ocean currents as well as systems that largely resemble these. Water in the marine biome is generally within the salinity range of seawater: 30 to 38 ppt.
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Environments EOL
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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tropical
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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Environments EOL
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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marine
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000447
- Definition: An aquatic biome that comprises systems of open-ocean and unprotected coastal habitats, characterized by exposure to wave action, tidal fluctuation, and ocean currents as well as systems that largely resemble these. Water in the marine biome is generally within the salinity range of seawater: 30 to 38 ppt.
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World Register of Marine Species
habitat is
- 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 biome
- 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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Appeltans et al
known marine species
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DescribedAcceptedSpecies
- Definition: number of currently described and taxonomically accepted marine species in this clade (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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known marine species
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/KnownSpecies
- Definition: number of currently described and taxonomically accepted species in this clade (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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Paleobiology Database
last appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilLast
- Definition: The last appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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501 million years ago

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Paleobiology Database
last appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilLast
- Definition: The last appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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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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Paleobiology Database
number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database
- 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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1
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percent of marine species currently described
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PercentSpeciesCurrentlyDescribed
- Definition: percent of all marine species in this clade that are currently described (estimate) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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percent of marine species currently described
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PercentSpeciesCurrentlyDescribed
- Definition: percent of all marine species in this clade that are currently described (estimate) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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percent synonyms among marine species
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PercentSynonyms
- Definition: percent of all marine species names in this clade that are considered subjective synonyms (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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Fairbairn 2013
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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asexual reproduction
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019954
- Definition: The biological process in which new individuals are produced by either a single cell or a group of cells, in the absence of any sexual process.
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Fairbairn 2013
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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hermaphrodite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007197
- Definition: Multicellular organism that can produce both male and female gametes.
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Fairbairn 2013
sexually dimorphic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002451
- Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's exhibiting a phenotypic difference between males and females of the same species.
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visible gonads
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/visibleGonads
- Definition: gonads in one sex are visible
- Attribution: Fairbairn DJ (2013) Data from: Odd couples: extraordinary differences between the sexes in the animal kingdom. Dryad Digital Repository. doi:10.5061/dryad.n48cm
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Fairbairn 2013
sexually dimorphic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002451
- Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's exhibiting a phenotypic difference between males and females of the same species.
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Sexes colored or patterned differently
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Sexes_colored_or_patterned_differently
- Definition: automatically added during harvest
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #67. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Fairbairn
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total species (expert opinion)
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TotalSpecies
- Definition: total estimated number of species in this clade (known + undescribed + undiscovered) (estimate based on expert opinion) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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total species (expert opinion)
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TotalSpecies
- Definition: total estimated number of species in this clade (known + undescribed + undiscovered) (estimate based on expert opinion) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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total unknown marine species
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TotalUnknownSpeciesExpert
- Definition: Total species unknown in this clade (undescribed + undiscovered) (estimate based on expert opinion) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)"
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total unknown marine species
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TotalUnknownSpeciesExpert
- Definition: Total species unknown in this clade (undescribed + undiscovered) (estimate based on expert opinion) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)"
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marine ecology literature
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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undescribed marine species present in museum collections
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/UndescribedSpeciesInMuseumCollections
- Definition: "marine species in this clade which are currently represented in specimen collections (estimate) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)"
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undiscovered marine morphospecies
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/UndiscoveredMorphospecies
- Definition: unsampled and undiscovered marine morphospecies in this clade (estimate) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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undiscovered marine morphospecies
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/UndiscoveredMorphospecies
- Definition: unsampled and undiscovered marine morphospecies in this clade (estimate) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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