Boulder Star Coral

Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander 1786)

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Orbicella annularis (Boulder Star Coral) is a species of cnidarians in the family Merulinidae. It has a crustose growth form. It is listed in CITES Appendix II. Boulder Star Coral form marine reefs. It is a photosymbiotroph. It has alternation of generations and asexual reproduction; it is a broadcast spawner and a hermaphrodite. Boulder Star Coral is a sessile animal.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/crustose
Definition: crustlike, growing tight against the substrate
Attribution: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/lichens/lichenmm.html

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/CITES_II
Definition: Appendix II lists species that are not necessarily now threatened with extinction but that may become so unless trade is closely controlled. It also includes so-called "look-alike species", i.e. species whose specimens in trade look like those of species listed for conservation reasons. International trade in specimens of Appendix-II species may be authorized by the granting of an export permit or re-export certificate. No import permit is necessary for these species under CITES (although a permit is needed in some countries that have taken stricter measures than CITES requires). Permits or certificates should only be granted if the relevant authorities are satisfied that certain conditions are met, above all that trade will not be detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild. (See Article IV of the Convention)
Source: https://www.speciesplus.net/#/taxon_concepts/11134/legal

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C25513
Definition: combine to create (something), eg: a structure

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000029
Definition: A biome expressed by strips or ridges of rocks, sand, or coral that rises to or near the surface of a body of marine water.

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/photosymbiotroph
Definition: A consumer that derives energy from a photosynthetic symbiont

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/alternatingReproduction
Definition: Organisms with a life cycle that features alternation of generations with sexual and asexual reproduction.

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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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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/broadcastSpawner
Definition: Broadcast spawners scatter their eggs into the water; they spawn numerous small eggs that develop rapidly.
Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spawn_(biology)#Crustaceans

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007197
Definition: Multicellular organism that can produce both male and female gametes.

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860
Definition: organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile

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EOL has data for 51 attributes, including:

Dry mass
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/dryMass
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5.741 mg/cm^2
Net Carbon Fixation Rate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/net_carbon_fixation_rate
- Definition: net amount or mass of carbon converted from CO2 to organic compounds, per time
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1.55 µmol/cm2/hr
conservation status
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#ConservationStatus
- Definition: degree of conservation concern as assessed by a government agency or other recognized authority such as IUCN or CITES
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Threatened
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/federalThreatened
- Definition: The organism has federal Threatened status in the United States of America.
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diameter
- URI: http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C25285
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39.74 cm
eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Serratosagitta serratodentata (Krohn 1853) (arrow worm)
growth habit
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/growthHabit
- Definition: general growth form, including size and branching. Some organisms have different growth habits depending on environment or location
- Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossarya_h.html#habit PLANTS Database Growth Habits Codes and Definitions: https://plants.usda.gov/growth_habits_def.html
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explanate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/explanate
- Definition: colonies spread horizontally as branches fuse into a solid or near solid plate
- Attribution: http://www.coralsoftheworld.org/page/glossary/#Glossary_E
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growth rate
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/260865002
- Definition: The rate of increase in the size of an organism per unit time.
- Comment: Replace with GO:growth and PATO:rate once it is available through BATTO.
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8.76 mm/year
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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marine
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000447
- Definition: An aquatic biome that comprises systems of open-ocean and unprotected coastal habitats, characterized by exposure to wave action, tidal fluctuation, and ocean currents as well as systems that largely resemble these. Water in the marine biome is generally within the salinity range of seawater: 30 to 38 ppt.
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is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Diadema antillarum Philippi 1845
respiratory rate
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0001026
- Definition: The total amount of oxygen consumed or carbon lost metabolically per unit time
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0.81 µmol/cm2/hr
skeletal density
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SkeletalDensity
- Definition: mass density of skeletal elements of the organism
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1.87 g/cm^3
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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photosymbiotroph
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/photosymbiotroph
- Definition: A consumer that derives energy from a photosynthetic symbiont
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Jorge Manuel GÃ³mez Poot cc-by-nc-4.0