Marine Species Traits

Traits statistics

The number is the total accepted species count (per group) that have this attribute assigned.
The percentage shows the ratio between that number and the total number of accepted species (in that group).
The total number of accepted species is 501,911
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By attribute

Attribute AMBI ecological group (5,133; 1%) show all

Attribute Asexual reproduction (10,325; 2%) show all

Attribute Body shape (9,510; 2%) show all

Attribute Body size (44,404; 9%) show all

Attribute Body size (qualitative) (224,926; 45%) show all

Attribute Brooding (8,607; 2%) show all

Attribute Calcification (9,481; 2%) show all

Attribute Dispersion mode (8,147; 2%) show all

Attribute Environmental position (10,648; 2%) show all

Attribute Feedingtype (154,866; 31%) show all

Attribute Fossil range (34,420; 7%) show all

Attribute Functional group (382,034; 76%) show all

Attribute Gamete type (9,473; 2%) show all

Attribute Gametophyte arrangement (9,174; 2%) show all

Attribute Generation time (1,035; 0%) show all

Attribute Larval and juvenile development (20,688; 4%) show all

Attribute Life cycle (9,496; 2%) show all

Attribute Life span (9,399; 2%) show all

Attribute Macroalgal blooming (234; 0%) show all

Attribute Mobility (20,229; 4%) show all

Attribute Paraphyletic group (78,002; 16%) show all

Attribute Plant habit (3; 0%) show all

Attribute Reproductive frequency (3,431; 1%) show all

Attribute Seasonality (248; 0%) show all

Attribute Sociability (3,001; 1%) show all

Attribute Spawning (9,441; 2%) show all

Attribute Species importance to society (41,399; 8%) show all

Attribute Supporting structure & enclosure (152,434; 30%) show all

Attribute Thallus vertical space used (5,893; 1%) show all

Attribute Tolerance to pollutants (4,716; 1%) show all

Attribute Unicellularity (15,458; 3%) show all

Attribute Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem (VME) indicative taxon (0; 0%) show all

Attribute Wave exposure (315; 0%) show all

Attribute Zonation (316; 0%) show all

By kingdom and phylum

Group	AMBI ecological group	Asexual reproduction	Body shape	Body size	Body size (qualitative)	Brooding	Calcification	Dispersion mode	Environmental position	Feedingtype	Fossil range	Functional group	Gamete type	Gametophyte arrangement	Generation time	Larval and juvenile development	Life cycle	Life span	Macroalgal blooming	Mobility	Paraphyletic group	Plant habit	Reproductive frequency	Seasonality	Sociability	Spawning	Species importance to society	Supporting structure & enclosure	Thallus vertical space used	Tolerance to pollutants	Unicellularity	Wave exposure	Zonation
Kingdom Animalia	5,131 (1%)	867 (0%)	0	43,557 (12%)	165,238 (45%)	8,607 (2%)	0	0	1,352 (0%)	153,655 (42%)	32,539 (9%)	313,162 (86%)	0	0	0	20,688 (6%)	0	0	0	20,229 (6%)	36,849 (10%)	0	1 (0%)	0	3,001 (1%)	0	39,066 (11%)	117,509 (32%)	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Acanthocephala	0	0	0	1 (0%)	916 (100%)	0	0	0	0	916 (100%)	0	916 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Annelida	1,864 (11%)	0	0	8,496 (48%)	2,509 (14%)	0	0	0	0	1,551 (9%)	2 (0%)	17,312 (99%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	153 (1%)	851 (5%)	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Arthropoda	1,427 (1%)	0	0	13,817 (15%)	60,276 (63%)	458 (0%)	0	0	0	22,521 (24%)	458 (0%)	85,070 (89%)	0	0	0	10,849 (11%)	0	0	0	10,849 (11%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,038 (3%)	73,710 (77%)	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Brachiopoda	8 (2%)	0	0	16 (4%)	434 (100%)	0	0	0	0	434 (100%)	3 (1%)	434 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Bryozoa	68 (0%)	0	0	75 (0%)	22,302 (100%)	0	0	0	0	105 (0%)	15,422 (69%)	22,302 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	288 (1%)	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Chaetognatha	4 (3%)	0	0	6 (5%)	132 (100%)	0	0	0	0	132 (100%)	0	132 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Chordata	31 (0%)	0	0	15,792 (37%)	5,152 (12%)	0	0	0	0	3,170 (8%)	48 (0%)	5,272 (13%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36,849 (87%)	0	0	0	2,962 (7%)	0	26,482 (63%)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Cnidaria	121 (1%)	0	0	345 (2%)	13,791 (93%)	0	0	0	0	590 (4%)	0	14,075 (95%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,139 (14%)	8,218 (55%)	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Ctenophora	0	0	0	1 (0%)	216 (100%)	0	0	0	0	2 (1%)	0	216 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Cycliophora	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Dicyemida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	120 (98%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Echinodermata	173 (1%)	0	0	471 (4%)	6,725 (58%)	4,325 (37%)	0	0	0	1,399 (12%)	3,281 (28%)	11,542 (100%)	0	0	0	4,326 (37%)	0	0	0	4,267 (37%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	191 (2%)	11,542 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Entoprocta	1 (1%)	0	0	41 (21%)	199 (100%)	0	0	0	0	1 (1%)	0	199 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39 (20%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Gastrotricha	0	867 (100%)	0	867 (100%)	867 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	867 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Gnathifera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Gnathostomulida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Hemichordata	3 (1%)	0	0	8 (2%)	111 (27%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	407 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Kinorhyncha	0	0	0	165 (52%)	316 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	316 (100%)	0	0	0	316 (100%)	0	0	0	316 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Loricifera	0	0	0	0	31 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	31 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Mollusca	1,346 (1%)	0	0	831 (1%)	20,037 (18%)	3,824 (3%)	0	0	0	88,337 (81%)	13,325 (12%)	109,134 (100%)	0	0	0	3,835 (4%)	0	0	0	3,964 (4%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,055 (6%)	20,029 (18%)	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Nematoda	7 (0%)	0	0	717 (5%)	5,211 (37%)	0	0	0	0	7,583 (54%)	0	13,927 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	114 (1%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Nematomorpha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Nemertea	51 (4%)	0	0	1,352 (100%)	96 (7%)	0	0	0	1,352 (100%)	1,352 (100%)	0	1,352 (100%)	0	0	0	1,352 (100%)	0	0	0	719 (53%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (0%)	1,352 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Orthonectida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22 (88%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Phoronida	5 (38%)	0	0	10 (77%)	13 (100%)	0	0	0	0	1 (8%)	0	13 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Placozoa	0	0	0	0	3 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Platyhelminthes	5 (0%)	0	0	37 (0%)	15,888 (73%)	0	0	0	0	15,890 (73%)	0	17,983 (83%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (0%)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Porifera	14 (0%)	0	0	65 (1%)	9,527 (100%)	0	0	0	0	9,527 (100%)	0	9,527 (100%)	0	0	0	10 (0%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (0%)	0	0	0	1 (0%)	1,519 (16%)	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Priapulida	3 (14%)	0	0	3 (14%)	22 (100%)	0	0	0	0	2 (9%)	0	22 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Rotifera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	311 (84%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Tardigrada	0	0	0	8 (1%)	8 (1%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,238 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Xenacoelomorpha	0	0	0	433 (95%)	456 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	456 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kingdom Archaea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kingdom Bacteria	0	19 (0%)	0	1 (0%)	4,289 (75%)	0	0	0	0	25 (0%)	0	4,289 (75%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,289 (75%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kingdom Chromista	2 (0%)	1,799 (3%)	1,843 (3%)	409 (1%)	55,241 (81%)	0	1,837 (3%)	1,650 (2%)	1,822 (3%)	738 (1%)	1,880 (3%)	63,118 (92%)	1,841 (3%)	1,839 (3%)	513 (1%)	0	1,868 (3%)	1,845 (3%)	60 (0%)	0	15,229 (22%)	0	636 (1%)	68 (0%)	0	1,839 (3%)	60 (0%)	34,925 (51%)	1,014 (1%)	1,017 (1%)	5,276 (8%)	74 (0%)	76 (0%)
Subkingdom Hacrobia	0	0	0	1 (0%)	508 (53%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	672 (70%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	927 (97%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	508 (53%)	0	0
Subkingdom Harosa	2 (0%)	1,799 (3%)	1,843 (3%)	408 (1%)	54,733 (81%)	0	1,837 (3%)	1,650 (2%)	1,822 (3%)	738 (1%)	1,880 (3%)	62,445 (93%)	1,841 (3%)	1,839 (3%)	513 (1%)	0	1,868 (3%)	1,845 (3%)	60 (0%)	0	14,302 (21%)	0	636 (1%)	68 (0%)	0	1,839 (3%)	60 (0%)	34,925 (52%)	1,014 (2%)	1,017 (2%)	4,768 (7%)	74 (0%)	76 (0%)
Kingdom Fungi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	246 (9%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (0%)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kingdom Plantae	0	7,640 (14%)	7,667 (14%)	420 (1%)	0	0	7,644 (14%)	6,497 (12%)	7,474 (13%)	1 (0%)	1 (0%)	1,015 (2%)	7,632 (14%)	7,335 (13%)	522 (1%)	0	7,628 (14%)	7,554 (13%)	174 (0%)	0	21,635 (39%)	3 (0%)	2,794 (5%)	180 (0%)	0	7,602 (14%)	2,268 (4%)	0	4,879 (9%)	3,699 (7%)	10,182 (18%)	241 (0%)	240 (0%)
Subkingdom Biliphyta	0	5,786 (72%)	5,804 (72%)	323 (4%)	0	0	5,797 (72%)	5,079 (63%)	5,678 (70%)	0	0	1 (0%)	5,792 (72%)	5,514 (68%)	212 (3%)	0	5,792 (72%)	5,728 (71%)	127 (2%)	0	8,057 (100%)	0	1,805 (22%)	141 (2%)	0	5,792 (72%)	338 (4%)	0	3,199 (40%)	2,552 (32%)	5,929 (74%)	162 (2%)	156 (2%)
Phylum (Division) Glaucophyta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum (Division) Rhodelphidia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Subkingdom Viridiplantae	0	1,854 (4%)	1,863 (4%)	97 (0%)	0	0	1,847 (4%)	1,418 (3%)	1,796 (4%)	1 (0%)	1 (0%)	1,014 (2%)	1,840 (4%)	1,821 (4%)	310 (1%)	0	1,836 (4%)	1,826 (4%)	47 (0%)	0	13,578 (28%)	3 (0%)	989 (2%)	39 (0%)	0	1,810 (4%)	1,930 (4%)	0	1,680 (4%)	1,147 (2%)	4,253 (9%)	79 (0%)	84 (0%)
Kingdom Protozoa	0	0	0	17 (1%)	22 (1%)	0	0	0	0	72 (2%)	0	450 (14%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Subkingdom Eozoa	0	0	0	16 (1%)	11 (1%)	0	0	0	0	72 (3%)	0	326 (16%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Hemimastigophora	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phylum Picozoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (100%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Subkingdom Sarcomastigota	0	0	0	1 (0%)	8 (2%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	115 (28%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kingdom Viruses	0	0	0	0	136 (100%)	0	0	0	0	128 (94%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0