Diphasia alata (Hincks 1855)

Diphasia alata is a species of cnidarians in the family Sertulariidae. They are native to Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone, Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone, Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone, Western Saharan Exclusive Economic Zone, Mauritanian Exclusive Economic Zone, and Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone. They are carnivores. Individuals can grow to 150 mm. They have asexual reproduction.

URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/8363

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URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/8364

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URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/8685

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URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/8362

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URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/8371

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URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/8368

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URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/8369

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URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/8367

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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_0019954
Definition: Capable of the biological process in which new individuals are produced by either a single cell or a group of cells, in the absence of any sexual process.

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EOL has data for 20 attributes, including:

Body organization
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_organization
- Definition: overall pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon
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colonial
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Colonial
- Definition: Colonial organisms are clonal colonies composed of many physically connected, interdependent individuals. The subunits of colonial organisms can be unicellular, as in the alga Volvox (a coenobium), or multicellular, as in the phylum Bryozoa. The former type may have been the first step toward multicellular organisms
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_(biology)
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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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radially symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001325
- Definition: having equal proportion around a central point or axis
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body length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
- Definition: A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
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150 mm
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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England
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6269131
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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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mineralized tissue contains
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_4000013
- Definition: Component found in mineralized tissue, (a specialized form of biogenic tissue in which the extracellular matrix is mineralized)
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calcium phosphate
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_77635
- Definition: A calcium salt composed of calcium and phosphate/diphosohate ions; present in milk and used for the mineralisation of calcified tissues.
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native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone
- URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/8363
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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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asexual reproduction
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019954
- Definition: Capable of the biological process in which new individuals are produced by either a single cell or a group of cells, in the absence of any sexual process.
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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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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
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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168 m

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Diphasia alata (Hincks 1855). View this species on GBIF