Hexapods

Hexapoda

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Hexapoda (Hexapods) is a subphylum of arthropods. There are 945524 species of Hexapods, in 85291 genera and 1736 families. This subphylum has been around since the pragian age. It includes groups like Springtails, Insects, and Proturans.

URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Pragian
Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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EOL has data for 15 attributes, including:

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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2037
first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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pragian age
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Pragian
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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number of fossil occurrences
- 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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49791
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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60
visual system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002104
- Definition: The sensory system subserving the sense of vision.
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compound eyes
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000018
- Definition: A light sensing organ composed of multiple ommatidia, visual units consisting of a limited number of rhabdomeric photoreceptor cells, cornea-secreting epithelial cells, interommatidial pigment cells, and sometimes crystalline cone cells
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Hexapod Habitats

The environments in which many hexapods species are known to live. Select an environment to see its hexapods species checklist.

hexapods Habitats

The environments in which many hexapods species are known to live. Select an environment to see its hexapods species checklist.

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