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Edible Sea Urchin

Echinus esculentus Linnaeus 1758

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)

are eaten by

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Global Biotic Interactions

Urticina crassicornis (Müller 1776) (Christmas anemone)
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Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot 1786)
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Dermasterias imbricata (Grube 1857)
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Aristaeomorpha foliacea (Risso 1827) (giant gamba prawn)
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Patiria miniata (Brandt 1835) (Bat star)

are host of

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Syndesmis rubida Kozloff & Westervelt 1990
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Syndesmis rubida Kozloff & Westervelt 1990
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Syndesmis albida Kozloff & Westervelt 1990
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Syndesmis albida Kozloff & Westervelt 1990

are parasitized by

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Syndesmis rubida Kozloff & Westervelt 1990
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Syndesmis albida Kozloff & Westervelt 1990
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Syndesmis echinorum Francois 1886
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Oncholaimus echini Leydig 1854
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Pelseneeria stylifera (W. Turton 1825)

are preyed upon by

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Hyas coarctatus Leach 1815 (Arctic lyre crab)
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Hyas araneus (Linnaeus 1758) (Great spider crab)
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Corvus corone Linnaeus 1758 (Carrion Crow)
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Cancer pagurus Linnaeus 1758 (buey de mar)

body length

literature body sizes metazoa

100 mm

(adult, max)
literature body sizes metazoa

10 mm

(adult, min)

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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conservation status

IUCN
near threatened
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/nearThreatened

Definition: A taxon is Near Threatened when it has been evaluated against the criteria but does not qualify for Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable now, but is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future

Attribution: http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria

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eat

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Global Biotic Interactions

Osmundea ramosissima
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Feldmannia globifera
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Bonnemaisonia hamifera (Red algae)
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Fucus serratus (toothed wrack)
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Chaetomorpha linum

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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United States Species List
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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Adriatic Sea Species List
Adriatic Sea
URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/3314

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Skagerrak Species List
Skagerrak
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/2379

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North Sea Species List
North Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/2350

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North Atlantic Species List
North Atlantic
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1912

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habitat

Wikipedia (inferred records)
coastal
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000687

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Wikipedia (inferred records)
sea shore
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000485

Definition: That part of the land in immediate contact with a sea, including the intertidal zone.

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IUCN
marine
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000569

Definition: A habitat that is in or on a sea or ocean containing high concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (typically >35 grams dissolved salts per litre).

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harvested in

FAO Fishery Statistics
Iceland
URI: http://www.geonames.org/2629691

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Denmark
URI: http://www.geonames.org/2623032

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have ectoparasite

Global Biotic Interactions

Pelseneeria stylifera (W. Turton 1825)

latitude

OBIS environmental data records

38.3076 degrees

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

74.6491 degrees

(max)

locomotion

Grabowsky 1994
omnidirectional
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/omnidirectional

Definition: existing in every direction

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

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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

-26.6738 degrees

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

17.2331 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

27584

prey on

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Filicrisia geniculata (Milne Edwards 1838)
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Corynactis viridis Allman 1846 (Jewel anemone)
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Smittoidea amplissima Hayward 1979
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Chorizopora brongniartii (Audouin 1826)
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Callopora craticula (Alder 1856)

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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trophic guild

ecology literature
omnivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509

Comment: Auto-added during harvest #1048. A human needs to edit this.

Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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Brusca and Brusca, 2003
omnivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509

Comment: Auto-added during harvest #1048. A human needs to edit this.

Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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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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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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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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used for

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food
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2095

Definition: any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body

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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

100.5 m

(max)

water dissolved o2 concentration

OBIS environmental data records

6.013 mL/L

(min)
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6.665 mL/L

(max)

water nitrate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

1.473 µmol/l

(min)
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10.018 µmol/l

(max)

water o2 saturation

OBIS environmental data records

105.854 percent

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

89.518 percent

(min)

water phosphate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

0.333 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

0.771 µmol/l

(max)

water salinity

OBIS environmental data records

34.218 psu

(min)
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35.363 psu

(max)

water silicate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

1.72 µmol/l

(min)
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5.963 µmol/l

(max)

water temperature

OBIS environmental data records

12.348 degrees celsius

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

6.845 degrees celsius

(min)

wet body mass

literature body sizes metazoa

366.438 g

(adult)