Brachiopoda

GPTKB entity

Statements (118)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf phylum
gptkbp:alternativeName Bryozoan
brachiopod
bryozoan
gptkbp:capacity up to 10 cm
gptkbp:cellLayers Triploblastic
gptkbp:circulatorySystem open
gptkbp:colonies Massive
Branching
Encrusting
gptkbp:commonName gptkb:Moss_animal
brachiopods
gptkbp:component gptkb:Lophophore
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature bivalve mollusks
gptkbp:distribution Worldwide
global oceans
gptkbp:economicImportance paleontological index fossils
Fouling of ships
Indicator of water quality
gptkbp:extantSpecies about 400
gptkbp:extinctMajority true
gptkbp:feedingType filter feeder
Filter feeder
gptkbp:firstAppearance gptkb:Cambrian_period
gptkb:Ordovician_period
gptkbp:fossil over 12,000
excellent
Extensive
gptkbp:habitat gptkb:marine
Freshwater
Marine
gptkbp:hasLophophore true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Brachiopoda
gptkbp:importantFor evolutionary studies
paleoecology
biostratigraphy
Reef builder
Biofouling organism
gptkbp:kingdom gptkb:Animalia
gptkbp:larvalStage gptkb:Coronate
gptkb:Cyphonautes
free-swimming
gptkbp:majorExtinctionEvents gptkb:Cretaceous-Paleogene_extinction
gptkb:Devonian_extinction
gptkb:Ordovician-Silurian_extinction
gptkb:Permian-Triassic_extinction
gptkbp:minimumSize few millimeters
gptkbp:nervousSystem simple
gptkbp:notableFeature Colonial polymorphism
Lophophore tentacles
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Cheilostomatida
gptkb:Ctenostomatida
gptkb:Cyclostomatida
gptkb:Lingulida
gptkb:Productida
gptkb:Rhynchonellida
gptkb:Spiriferida
gptkb:Strophomenida
gptkb:Terebratulida
gptkbp:notableGenus gptkb:Atrypa
gptkb:Bugula
gptkb:Camarotoechia
gptkb:Chonetes
gptkb:Crania
gptkb:Leptaena
gptkb:Lingula
gptkb:Membranipora
gptkb:Mucrospirifer
gptkb:Orthotetes
gptkb:Pentamerus
gptkb:Productus
gptkb:Rafinesquina
gptkb:Rhynchonella
gptkb:Spirifer
gptkb:Spiriferina
gptkb:Strophomena
gptkb:Terebratula
gptkb:Uncinulus
gptkb:Zygospira
gptkb:Plumatella
gptkbp:numberOfSpecies ~6000 living species
gptkbp:phylum gptkb:Duméril,_1806
gptkb:Bryozoa
gptkbp:predators gptkb:Sea_urchin
gptkb:fish
gptkb:lake
gptkb:Nudibranch
gastropods
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Brachiopoda
gptkb:Phoronida
gptkbp:reproduction sexual
Asexual
Sexual
gptkbp:respiration diffusion
gptkbp:shape Colonial
bilateral
gptkbp:shellAttachment cemented
free-lying
pedicle
gptkbp:shellComposition calcium carbonate
gptkbp:shellGrowth incremental
gptkbp:shellType bivalve-like
gptkbp:shellValves dorsal and ventral
gptkbp:size Microscopic to several centimeters
gptkbp:skeletonType Chitinous
Calcareous
Gelatinous
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Zoologists
Paleontologists
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Craniiformea
gptkb:Linguliformea
gptkb:Rhynchonelliformea
gptkbp:symmetry Bilateral
gptkbp:zooidType gptkb:Autozooid
gptkb:Heterozooid
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:腕足动物门
gptkb:Bryozoa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5