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Schizaster gibberulus L. Agassiz ex L. Agassiz & Desor 1847

body length

World Register of Marine Species

40 mm

(max)
World Register of Marine Species

19 mm

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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ecosystem engineering

Nebelsick 1992
bioturbator
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q864907

Definition: engages in reworking of soils and sediments (animals or plant)

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Nebelsick 1992
bioturbator
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q864907

Definition: engages in reworking of soils and sediments (animals or plant)

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forms

Nebelsick 1992
shallow marine sediment
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_03000034

Definition: Marine sediment that accumulates within shallow regions of the oceanic basin close to continents, such as the continental shelf, or continental slope

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(dead)

geographic distribution

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Philippine Sea Species List
Philippine Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4300

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North Pacific Species List
North Pacific
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1908

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Coral Sea Species List
Coral Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4364

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Philippines Species List
The Philippines
URI: http://www.geonames.org/1694008

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Marshall Islands Species List
Marshall Islands
URI: http://www.geonames.org/2080185

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latitude

OBIS environmental data records

11.35 degrees

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

11.35 degrees

(max)

locomotion

Grabowsky 1994
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

162.333 degrees

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

162.333 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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number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

45

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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skeleton structure

World Register of Marine Species
endoskeleton
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010362

Definition: internal support structure of an animal, composed of mineralized tissue.

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World Register of Marine Species
condensed
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001485

Definition: A structural quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being thicker or more closely packed together; pressed tightly together.

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trophic guild

World Register of Marine Species
deposit feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/depositFeeder

Definition: an organism that eats particulate organic material in or on sediments.

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ecology literature
microphage
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3312246

Definition: a consumer which handles food items in bulk without manipulating them individually

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(adult)
Nebelsick 1992
deposit feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/depositFeeder

Definition: an organism that eats particulate organic material in or on sediments.

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Nebelsick 1992
deposit feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/depositFeeder

Definition: an organism that eats particulate organic material in or on sediments.

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Brusca and Brusca, 2003
microphage
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3312246

Definition: a consumer which handles food items in bulk without manipulating them individually

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(adult)

type specimen repository

GBIF national node type records France
museum national d'histoire naturelle (mnhn)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988

Definition: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France. URL for main institutional website: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/sommaire.xsp

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visual system

Ullrich-Lüter et al 2011
photoreceptor cell
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001060

Definition: A specialized cell type in a multicellular organism that is sensitive to light.

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water depth

OBIS environmental data records

20 m

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

12 m

(min)

water dissolved o2 concentration

OBIS environmental data records

4.536 mL/L

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

4.514 mL/L

(min)

water nitrate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

0.046 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

0.047 µmol/l

(max)

water o2 saturation

OBIS environmental data records

99.584 percent

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

99.842 percent

(max)

water phosphate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

0.136 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

0.138 µmol/l

(max)

water salinity

OBIS environmental data records

34.381 psu

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

34.379 psu

(min)

water silicate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

1.142 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

1.108 µmol/l

(min)

water temperature

OBIS environmental data records

28.122 degrees celsius

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

28.09 degrees celsius

(min)