Microporoidea

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Microporoidea includes groups like Chlidoniidae, Poricellariidae, and Onychocellidae. 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 19 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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substrate-attached
- 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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113 million years ago
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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motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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sessile
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860
- Definition: property of organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile
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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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358

Microporoidea includes 13 children:

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