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Sea Star

Odontaster validus Koehler 1906

body shape

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radially symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001325

Definition: having equal proportion around a central point or axis

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diet includes

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phytoplankton
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q184755

Definition: autotrophic components of the plankton community

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detritus
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q736879

Definition: dead particulate organic material

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carrion
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q202994

Definition: dead and decaying flesh of an animal

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feces
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q496

Definition: solid or semisolid remains of the food that could not be digested, from any animal

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algae
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q37868

Definition: polyphyletic group of photosynthetic nonvascular organisms

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habitat

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benthic
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/benthic

Definition: Living at the bottom of a body of water.

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polar
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000894

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coastal
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000687

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mating system

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promiscuous
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000067

Definition: A member of one sex mates with any member of the opposite sex

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migration

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nonmigratory
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/nonmigratory

Definition: Does not make seasonal movements between breeding and wintering grounds.

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native range includes

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Antarctica
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255152

Attribution: GeoNames

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parental care

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no parental care
URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/BP_NO

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social system

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group living
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/socialGroupLiving

Definition: where individuals of the same species (conspecifics), maintain spatial proximity with one another over time with mechanisms of social attraction

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

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trophic guild

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algivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7486201

Definition: consumer that eats algae

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carnivorous scavenger
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/carnivorous_scavenger

Definition: organism that feeds on dead animal material

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omnivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509

Definition: organism consuming a variety of foods, usually including both plants and animals

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herbivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099

Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material

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invertivore
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/invertivore

Definition: An organism that feed on invertebrate animals (insects, crustaceans, molluscs, worms, etc.)

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