Image of Leptogorgia Milne Edwards 1857

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Gorgoniidae Lamouroux 1812

ecomorphological guild

Paleobiology Database
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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(adult)
Paleobiology Database
epifaunal
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Epifaunal

Definition: An animal living on the surface of the substratum.

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

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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
floian age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Floian

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

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Paleobiology Database

471.8 million years ago

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database

466 million years ago

(min)
Paleobiology Database
middle ordovician epoch
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/MiddleOrdovician

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

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motility

Paleobiology Database
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 fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

2

trophic guild

Paleobiology Database
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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