Pyura australis (Quoy & Gaimard 1834)

Body organization

Shenkar et al 2011
solitary
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/solitary

Definition: Solitary animals are those that spend a majority of their lives without others of their species, with possible exceptions for mating and raising their young. Antonyms for a solitary animal include a social animal or a colonial animal.

Attribution: https://www.definitions.net/definition/solitary+animal

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Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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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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ecomorphological guild

World Register of Marine Species
planktonic
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Plankton

Definition: Living in the fluid medium (water or air) but unable to maintain their position or distribution independently of the movement of the water/air mass (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).

Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Plankton

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Shenkar et al 2011
benthic
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/benthic

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

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(adult)

geographic distribution

Tasman Sea Species List
Tasman Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4365

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Great Australian Bight Species List
Great Australian Bight
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4276

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

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Bass Strait Species List
Bass Strait
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4366

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Australia Species List
Australia
URI: http://www.geonames.org/2077456

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habitat

World Register of Marine Species
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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World Register of Marine Species
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 skeleton contains

Mineralogy
calcium carbonate
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_3311

Definition: A carbonate salt that has formula CO3Ca

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Mineralogy
dahllite
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/dahllite

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Mineralogy
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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Mineralogy
calcite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_46719

Definition: Calcium carbonate (CO3Ca), calcite structure

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Mineralogy
apatite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52254

Definition: A phosphate mineral with the general formula Ca5(PO4)3X where X = OH, F or Cl

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number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

62

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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sexual system

Fairbairn 2013
hermaphrodite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007197

Definition: Multicellular organism that can produce both male and female gametes.

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trophic guild

World Register of Marine Species
filter feeder
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1252491

Definition: a sub-group of suspension feeding animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure

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Brusca and Brusca, 2003
mucus net feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mucus_net_feeder

Definition: A consumer that uses patches or a sheet of mucus to capture food particles suspended in the water column

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type specimen repository

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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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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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visual system

Nilsson 2013
ocelli
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001758

Definition: small simple eyes, found in many invertebrates, usually consisting of a few sensory cells and a single lens

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