Phoronid data - Encyclopedia of Life

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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body length

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World Register of Marine Species

0.7 mm
World Register of Marine Species

30 mm

(min)
World Register of Marine Species

100 mm

(max)
World Register of Marine Species

3 mm

(max)
World Register of Marine Species

2 mm

(min)

body shape

Emig 1985
vermiform
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7921571

Definition: shaped like a worm

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burrow depth

ecology literature

20

(adult, max)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003

20

(adult, max)

cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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diameter

World Register of Marine Species

0.3 mm

(min)
World Register of Marine Species

1.5 mm

(min)

ecomorphological guild

ecology literature
tubicolous
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/tubicolous

Definition: aquatic organisms that construct and inhabit simple unbranched vertical shafts with only one opening to the surface. These are primarily above-sediment filter-feeders, surface deposit-feeders, and subsurface deposit-feeders (head-down, conveyor-belt feeders)

Attribution: Macrofaunal Burrows and Irrigation in Marine Sediment: Microbiological and Biogeochemical Interactions. Available from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265483886_Macrofaunal_Burrows_and_Irrigation_in_Marine_Sediment_Microbiological_and_Biogeochemical_Interactions [accessed Feb 26 2020].

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
tubicolous
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/tubicolous

Definition: aquatic organisms that construct and inhabit simple unbranched vertical shafts with only one opening to the surface. These are primarily above-sediment filter-feeders, surface deposit-feeders, and subsurface deposit-feeders (head-down, conveyor-belt feeders)

Attribution: Macrofaunal Burrows and Irrigation in Marine Sediment: Microbiological and Biogeochemical Interactions. Available from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265483886_Macrofaunal_Burrows_and_Irrigation_in_Marine_Sediment_Microbiological_and_Biogeochemical_Interactions [accessed Feb 26 2020].

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(adult)
Emig 1985
tubicolous
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/tubicolous

Definition: aquatic organisms that construct and inhabit simple unbranched vertical shafts with only one opening to the surface. These are primarily above-sediment filter-feeders, surface deposit-feeders, and subsurface deposit-feeders (head-down, conveyor-belt feeders)

Attribution: Macrofaunal Burrows and Irrigation in Marine Sediment: Microbiological and Biogeochemical Interactions. Available from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265483886_Macrofaunal_Burrows_and_Irrigation_in_Marine_Sediment_Microbiological_and_Biogeochemical_Interactions [accessed Feb 26 2020].

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Queirós et al 2013
tubicolous
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/tubicolous

Definition: aquatic organisms that construct and inhabit simple unbranched vertical shafts with only one opening to the surface. These are primarily above-sediment filter-feeders, surface deposit-feeders, and subsurface deposit-feeders (head-down, conveyor-belt feeders)

Attribution: Macrofaunal Burrows and Irrigation in Marine Sediment: Microbiological and Biogeochemical Interactions. Available from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265483886_Macrofaunal_Burrows_and_Irrigation_in_Marine_Sediment_Microbiological_and_Biogeochemical_Interactions [accessed Feb 26 2020].

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ecosystem engineering

Queirós et al 2013
surficial modifier
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/surficialModifier

Definition: bioturbating fauna with activities restricted to the sediment layer immediately below the sediment surface

Attribution: S. Lindqvist, Engelbrektsson, Eriksson, Hulth. 2016. Functional classification of bioturbating macrofauna in marine sediments using time-resolved imaging of particle displacement and multivariate analysis. Biogeosciences Discuss, 13 Oct. 2016. doi:10.5194/bg-2016-411.

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geographic distribution

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World Register of Marine Species
Africa
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255146

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World Register of Marine Species
Gulf Of Mexico
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4288

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World Register of Marine Species
South Africa
URI: http://www.geonames.org/953987

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World Register of Marine Species
Mexico
URI: http://www.geonames.org/3996063

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World Register of Marine Species
Helgoland
URI: http://www.geonames.org/2906947

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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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introduced range includes

Simpson et al 2020
The Hawaiian Islands
URI: http://www.geonames.org/5855811

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latitude

OBIS environmental data records

-25.552 degrees

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

61.5292 degrees

(max)

longitude

OBIS environmental data records

18.2805 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

-97.7937 degrees

(min)

motility

ecology literature
sessile
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860

Definition: organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
sessile
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860

Definition: organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile

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number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

1249

reproduction

Fairbairn 2013
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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sexual system

Fairbairn 2013
synchronous hermaphrodite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010899

Definition: Hermaphroditic organism that produces both male and female gametes at the same time

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trophic guild

ecology literature
suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
ciliary-mucus feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ciliary_mucus_feeder

Definition: a consumer that feeds using rows of cilia carrying a mucus sheet across some structure while water is passed through or across it

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water depth

OBIS environmental data records

25.3 m

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

1.5 m

(min)

water dissolved o2 concentration

OBIS environmental data records

6.128 mL/L

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

6.346 mL/L

(max)

water nitrate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

4.573 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

6.151 µmol/l

(max)

water o2 saturation

OBIS environmental data records

100.036 percent

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

104.599 percent

(max)

water phosphate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

0.333 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

0.418 µmol/l

(max)

water salinity

OBIS environmental data records

35.008 psu

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

35.352 psu

(max)

water silicate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

3.727 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

2.442 µmol/l

(min)

water temperature

OBIS environmental data records

11.639 degrees celsius

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

12.27 degrees celsius

(max)

Phoronid

Phoronis hippocrepia Wright 1856

Body symmetry

body length

body shape

burrow depth

cellularity

diameter

ecomorphological guild

ecosystem engineering

geographic distribution

habitat

introduced range includes

latitude

longitude

motility

number of records in gbif

reproduction

sexual system

trophic guild

water depth

water dissolved o2 concentration

water nitrate concentration

water o2 saturation

water phosphate concentration

water salinity

water silicate concentration

water temperature