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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of described and undescribed animal species | Biosphere | described ~1,900,000: undescribed 11,000,000 | species | 113443 | Pimm SL et al., The ... |
| Time of radiation across the North American continent from a European ancestor | Butterfly Limenitis spp. | during the past 3 - 4 | million years | 117176 | Frentiu FD, Briscoe AD.... |
| Chitin content of selected crustacean, insects, molluscan organs, and fungi | Various | Table - link | % | 115475 | Tharanathan RN, Kittur... |
| Span of Geozoic (since life first appeared till present day) | Biosphere | ~3,600 | Mya | 113312 | Smith et al., Body size... |
| Estimated number of marine species | Biosphere | primary source [9] 2.2±0.18: primary source [12] 0.7 - 1.0 | million species | 113445 | Pimm SL et al., The ... |
| Major reference genomes of the methylotroph and basal lineages (genome size, number of chromosomes and number of genes) | Yeast | Table - link | N/A | 114019 | Dujon BA, Louis EJ. Genome... |
| Number of males (drones) that typically fertilize the queen | Bee Apis mellifera | 7 to 20 | Drones | 106680 | Tomkins JP et al., New... |
| Diameter of lens of ocelii (simple eye) | Cockroach Periplaneta | ~0.7 | mm | 117185 | Mizunami M. Functional... |
| Number of photoreceptors contained in ocellar retina | Cockroach Periplaneta | ~10,000 | photoreceptors | 117186 | Mizunami M. Functional... |
| Ratio between O2 uptake in flight and O2 uptake in rest | Bee Apis mellifera | at 18°C 580: at 11°C 1,100 Table - link | unitless | 110031 | Leigh E. Chadwick and... |
| Life span of higher termites | Termite | 250 (13 days fed by antibiotics that kill both bacteria and spirochetes) | Days | 106607 | Nardi JB, Mackie RI,... |
| Fraction of termite energy requirement that is provided by microbial acetogenesis in termite guts | Termite | >= (1/3) | Unitless | 106608 | Nardi JB, Mackie RI,... |
| Fraction of hindgut contents that are microbiall cells | Termite Reticulitermes flavipes | 61 | % | 106609 | Nardi JB, Mackie RI,... |
| Number of molecules of ATP required per molecule of N2 fixed | prokaryote | 20 to 30 | ATP/N2 fixed | 106610 | Nardi JB, Mackie RI,... |
| C:N ratio in tissues of most animals | Unspecified | 10:1 | C:N | 106611 | Nardi JB, Mackie RI,... |
| Concentration of prokaryotes in termite gut | Termite Mastotermes darwiniensis | 5.5e+9 | Cells/ml | 104951 | Berchtold M, Chatzinotas A... |
| Rate of egg laying by queen after fertilization | Bee Apis mellifera | >1,500 | Eggs/day | 107342 | Kocher SD, Tarpy DR,... |
| Estimates of Rate and Dissociation Constants Describing DNA Polymerase delta-Catalyzed Reactions | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 105485 | Meng X, Zhou Y, Lee EY... |
| Percent of arthropod species that are beetles | Unspecified | 40 | % | 103932 | May RM. How Many Species... |
| Number of described species of organisms | Biosphere | 2e+6 | Unitless | 103927 | May RM. How Many Species... |