Package org.gbif.api.vocabulary

Enum Class LifeStage

java.lang.Object
java.lang.Enum<LifeStage>
org.gbif.api.vocabulary.LifeStage
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Comparable<LifeStage>, Constable
@Deprecated public enum LifeStage extends Enum<LifeStage>
Deprecated.
Vocabulary for the life stage of an organism regardless of its kingdom.
See Also:

  • Nested Class Summary

    Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

    Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

  • Enum Constant Summary

    Enum Constants
    Enum Constant
    Description
    ADULT
    Deprecated.
    An adult is a plant, animal, or person who has reached full growth or alternatively is capable of reproduction.
    EMRYO
    Deprecated.
    An embryo is a multicellular diploid eukaryote in its earliest stage of development, from the time of first cell division until birth, hatching, or germination.
    GAMETE
    Deprecated.
    A gamete is a cell that fuses with another gamete during fertilization in organisms that reproduce sexually.
    GAMETOPHYTE
    Deprecated.
    In plants and algae that undergo alternation of generations, a gametophyte is the multicellular structure, or phase, that is haploid, containing a single set of chromosomes.
    JUVENILE
    Deprecated.
    A juvenile is an individual organism that has not yet reached its adult form, sexual maturity or size.
    LARVA
    Deprecated.
    A larva is a young (juvenile) form of animal with indirect development, going through or undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects, amphibians, or cnidarians).
    PUPA
    Deprecated.
    A pupa is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages.
    SPORE
    Deprecated.
    A spore is a reproductive structure that is adapted for dispersal and surviving for extended periods of time in unfavorable conditions.
    SPOROPHYTE
    Deprecated.
    All land plants, and some algae, have life cycles in which a haploid gametophyte generation alternates with a diploid sporophyte, the generation of a plant or alga that has a double set of chromosomes.
    ZYGOTE
    Deprecated.
    A zygote (or zygocyte) describes the first stage of a new unique organism when it consists of just a single cell.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    static LifeStage
    valueOf(String name)
    Deprecated.
    Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
    static LifeStage[]
    values()
    Deprecated.
    Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

    compareTo, describeConstable, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

    getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

  • Enum Constant Details

    • ZYGOTE

      public static final LifeStage ZYGOTE
      Deprecated.
      A zygote (or zygocyte) describes the first stage of a new unique organism when it consists of just a single cell. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the group of cells formed by the first few cell divisions, although this is properly referred to as a blastomere. A zygote is usually produced by a fertilization event between two haploid cells - an ovum from a female and a sperm cell from a male - which combine to form the single diploid cell. Thus the zygote contains DNA originating from both mother and father and this provides all the genetic information necessary to form a new individual.

    • EMRYO

      public static final LifeStage EMRYO
      Deprecated.
      An embryo is a multicellular diploid eukaryote in its earliest stage of development, from the time of first cell division until birth, hatching, or germination.

    • LARVA

      public static final LifeStage LARVA
      Deprecated.
      A larva is a young (juvenile) form of animal with indirect development, going through or undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects, amphibians, or cnidarians). The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly. Larvae often have special (larval) organs which do not occur in the adult form. The larvae of some species can become pubescent and not further develop into the adult form (for example, in some newts). This is a type of neoteny. It is a misunderstanding that the larval form always reflects the group's evolutionary history. It could be the case, but often the larval stage has evolved secondarily, as in insects. In these cases the larval form might differ more from the group's common origin than the adult form. The early life stages of most fish species are considerably different from juveniles and adults of their species and are called larvae.

    • JUVENILE

      public static final LifeStage JUVENILE
      Deprecated.
      A juvenile is an individual organism that has not yet reached its adult form, sexual maturity or size. Juveniles sometimes look very different from the adult form, particularly in terms of their colour. In many organisms the juvenile has a different name from the adult.

    • ADULT

      public static final LifeStage ADULT
      Deprecated.
      An adult is a plant, animal, or person who has reached full growth or alternatively is capable of reproduction.

    • SPOROPHYTE

      public static final LifeStage SPOROPHYTE
      Deprecated.
      All land plants, and some algae, have life cycles in which a haploid gametophyte generation alternates with a diploid sporophyte, the generation of a plant or alga that has a double set of chromosomes. A multicellular sporophyte generation or phase is present in the life cycle of all land plants and in some green algae. For common flowering plants (Angiosperms), the sporophyte generation comprises almost their whole life cycle (i.e. whole green plant, roots etc), except phases of small reproductive structures (pollen and ovule).

    • SPORE

      public static final LifeStage SPORE
      Deprecated.
      A spore is a reproductive structure that is adapted for dispersal and surviving for extended periods of time in unfavorable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many bacteria, plants, algae, fungi and some protozoans. A chief difference between spores and seeds as dispersal units is that spores have very little stored food resources compared with seeds. Spores are usually haploid and unicellular and are produced by meiosis in the sporangium by the sporophyte. Once conditions are favorable, the spore can develop into a new organism using mitotic division, producing a multicellular gametophyte, which eventually goes on to produce gametes. Many ferns, especially those adapted to dry conditions, produce diploid spores. In this case spores are the units of asexual reproduction, because a single spore develops into a new organism. By contrast, gametes are the units of sexual reproduction, as two gametes need to fuse to create a new organism.

    • GAMETOPHYTE

      public static final LifeStage GAMETOPHYTE
      Deprecated.
      In plants and algae that undergo alternation of generations, a gametophyte is the multicellular structure, or phase, that is haploid, containing a single set of chromosomes. The gametophyte produces male or female gametes (or both), by a process of cell division called mitosis. In mosses, liverworts and hornworts (bryophytes), the gametophyte is the commonly known phase of the plant. An early developmental stage in the gametophyte of mosses (immediately following germination of the meiospore) is called the protonema. In most other land plants the gametophyte is very small (as in ferns and their relatives) or even reduced as in flowering plants (angiosperms), where the female gametophyte (ovule) is known as a megagametophyte and the male gametophyte (pollen) is called a microgametophyte.

    • GAMETE

      public static final LifeStage GAMETE
      Deprecated.
      A gamete is a cell that fuses with another gamete during fertilization in organisms that reproduce sexually. In species that produce two morphologically distinct types of gametes, and in which each individual produces only one type, a female is any individual that produces the larger type of gamete — called an ovum (or egg) — and a male produces the smaller tadpole-like type — called a sperm. This is an example of anisogamy or heterogamy, the condition wherein females and males produce gametes of different sizes. In contrast, isogamy is the state of gametes from both sexes being the same size and shape, and given arbitrary designators for mating type. Gametes carry half the genetic information of an individual, one chromosome of each type.

    • PUPA

      public static final LifeStage PUPA
      Deprecated.
      A pupa is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. The pupal stage is found only in holometabolous insects, those that undergo a complete metamorphosis, with four life stages: egg (-> embryo), larva, pupa, and imago (-> adult).

  • Method Details

    • values

      public static LifeStage[] values()
      Deprecated.
      Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.
      Returns:
      an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

    • valueOf

      public static LifeStage valueOf(String name)
      Deprecated.
      Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
      Returns:
      the enum constant with the specified name
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name
      NullPointerException - if the argument is null