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Estimated age of an organism or a sample. Units and methods vary by dataset (e.g. years, months, days); values are numeric.
Age of larvae in days in the format DX where X = how many days old the larva was*. For specimens where age was unclear: DS = d-stage; VE = veliger; PV = pedi-veliger larvae (unclear how old); R = larvae released from brood (for brooding species); H = larvae at time of harvest (for brooding species). *For RCSL samples, day 13 is written as 13D