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Ophiacantha pentactis Mortensen 1936

Body symmetry

Paul and Smith 1984
pentaradial symmetry
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/pentaradially_symmetric

Definition: radial symmetry with a five-fold repeating pattern

Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry_in_biology#Subtypes_of_radial_symmetry

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(adult)

cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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egg diameter

Marshall et al

750 µm

geographic distribution

South Pacific Species List
South Pacific
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1910

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South Atlantic Species List
South Atlantic
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1914

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Southern Ocean Species List
Southern Ocean
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1907

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latitude

OBIS environmental data records

-75.167 degrees

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

-35.7389 degrees

(max)

locomotion

CLARK 2019
omnidirectional
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/omnidirectional

Definition: existing in every direction

Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnidirectional

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CLARK 2019
crawling
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000363

Definition: Behavior related to the movement resulting by dragging the body close to the ground or substrate

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Smith 1937
crawling
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000363

Definition: Behavior related to the movement resulting by dragging the body close to the ground or substrate

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longitude

OBIS environmental data records

-179.614 degrees

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

175.342 degrees

(max)

mineralized skeleton contains

Mineralogy
high-magnesium calcite
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/highMgCalcite

Definition: Calcium carbonate minerals containing high proportions of magnesium ions. At least 8 mole-% MgCO3.

Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html

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reproduction

Fairbairn 2013
sexual reproduction
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953

Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.

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type specimen repository

GBIF national node type records UK

NHMUK
GBIF national node type records UK

NHMUK
GBIF national node type records UK

NHMUK

water depth

OBIS environmental data records

1137 m

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

70.5 m

(min)

water dissolved o2 concentration

OBIS environmental data records

7.078 mL/L

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

4.036 mL/L

(min)

water nitrate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

36.158 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

19.16 µmol/l

(min)

water o2 saturation

OBIS environmental data records

52.237 percent

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

96.199 percent

(max)

water phosphate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

2.42 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

1.634 µmol/l

(min)

water salinity

OBIS environmental data records

34.038 psu

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

34.741 psu

(max)

water silicate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

114.776 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

6.311 µmol/l

(min)

water temperature

OBIS environmental data records

-1.433 degrees celsius

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

5.394 degrees celsius

(max)