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Sea Stars

Asteroidea de Blainville 1830

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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described accepted species

Appeltans et al

1922

geographic distribution

Mozambique Species List
Mozambique
URI: https://www.geonames.org/1036973

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Aruba Species List
Aruba
URI: http://www.geonames.org/3577279

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locomotion

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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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 dna records in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

735

number of specimens in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

690

percent of marine species currently described

Appeltans et al

73

(min)
Appeltans et al

86

(max)

percent surveyed species not yet known to science

Appeltans et al

4

(min)
Appeltans et al

0.09

(max)

percent synonyms among marine species

Appeltans et al

65

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
dioecious
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681

Definition: a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.

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total unknown marine species

Appeltans et al

700

(max)
Appeltans et al

325

(min)

type specimen repository

GBIF national node type records France
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Bourges
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15111

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undescribed marine species present in museum collections

Appeltans et al

200

(max)
Appeltans et al

125

(min)

undiscovered marine morphospecies

Appeltans et al

200

(min)
Appeltans et al

500

(max)

visual system

Garm and Nilsson 2014
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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