Image of Comaster audax Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail 1986

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Comaster L. Agassiz 1836

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)

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
epibiotic
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q640114

Definition: organism that lives on the surface of another living organism

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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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latitude

OBIS environmental data records

32.4806 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

-23.9417 degrees

(min)

locomotion

Baumiller and Messing 2007
swimming
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0036268

Definition: Self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through water, often by means of active fin movement.

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Baumiller and Messing 2007
walking
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000056

Definition: locomoting on limbs with body off the ground such that at least one limb is always touching the ground

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longitude

OBIS environmental data records

172.528 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

-179.133 degrees

(min)

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

1383

number of records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

319

skeleton structure

World Register of Marine Species
condensed
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001485

Definition: A structural quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being thicker or more closely packed together; pressed tightly together.

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World Register of Marine Species
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

ecology literature
suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

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water depth

OBIS environmental data records

331 m

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

9.75 m

(min)

water dissolved o2 concentration

OBIS environmental data records

3.734 mL/L

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

4.82 mL/L

(max)

water nitrate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

0.156 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

5.762 µmol/l

(max)

water o2 saturation

OBIS environmental data records

99.562 percent

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

79.528 percent

(min)

water phosphate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

0.1 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

0.433 µmol/l

(max)

water salinity

OBIS environmental data records

32.613 psu

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

35.083 psu

(max)

water silicate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

1.935 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

5.009 µmol/l

(max)

water temperature

OBIS environmental data records

23.98 degrees celsius

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

28.664 degrees celsius

(max)