Priess' Sand Star

Astropecten preissi Müller & Troschel 1843

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Astropecten preissi (Priess' Sand Star) is a species of echinoderms in the family Comb Stars. They are carnivores. They have sexual reproduction.

URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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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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EOL has data for 13 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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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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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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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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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Indian Ocean
- URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1904
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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marine benthic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000024
- Definition: The marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.
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locomotion
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011
- Definition: Self-propelled movement of a cell or organism from one location to another.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]
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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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reproduction
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000003
- Definition: The production of new individuals that contain some portion of genetic material inherited from one or more parent organisms
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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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supporting structures and enclosures
- URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/SupportingStructuresEnclosures
- Definition: Hard framework, internal or external, which supports and protects softer parts of plant, animal or unicellular organism, and to which muscles usually attach in animals, includes skeletons (derived from Lawrence, 2005).
- Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:SupportingStructuresEnclosures Lawrence, E. (ed.) (2005) Henderson's dictionary of Biology (13th edition). London, United Kingdom: Pearson Education Limited.
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endoskeleton
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010362
- Definition: internal support structure of an animal, composed of mineralized tissue.
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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infauna feeder
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/infauna_feeder
- Definition: a carnivore that feeds primarily on infauna, animals that live in benthic sediment
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trophic level
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1053008
- Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.
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carnivore
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
- Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
- Attribution: Crustacean body sizes
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visual system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002104
- Definition: The sensory system subserving the sense of vision.
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apposition eyes
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IDOMAL_0002229
- Definition: A compound eye with no separation between the crystalline-cone layer and the retinula, each rhabdom receiving light only from its own corneal lens.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Priess' sand star from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility

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Priess' sand star includes 1 child:

Astropecten preissi albanicus Döderlein 1917