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Ophiura clemens (Koehler 1904)

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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ecosystem engineering

Queirós et al 2013
surficial modifier
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/surficialModifier

Definition: bioturbating fauna with activities restricted to the sediment layer immediately below the sediment surface

Attribution: S. Lindqvist, Engelbrektsson, Eriksson, Hulth. 2016. Functional classification of bioturbating macrofauna in marine sediments using time-resolved imaging of particle displacement and multivariate analysis. Biogeosciences Discuss, 13 Oct. 2016. doi:10.5194/bg-2016-411.

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geographic distribution

South China Sea Species List
South China Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4332

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North Atlantic Species List
North Atlantic
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1912

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Indonesia Species List
Indonesia
URI: http://www.geonames.org/1643084

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Philippines Species List
The Philippines
URI: http://www.geonames.org/1694008

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latitude

OBIS environmental data records

-26.6833 degrees

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

14.7517 degrees

(max)

locomotion

CLARK 2019
omnidirectional
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/omnidirectional

Definition: existing in every direction

Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnidirectional

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CLARK 2019
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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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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longitude

OBIS environmental data records

-46.45 degrees

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

123.622 degrees

(max)

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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motility

Queirós et al 2013
facultatively mobile
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/facultativelyMobile

Definition: Organisms that can change location but do so infrequently, e.g., crinoids, some infaunal bivalves.

Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html

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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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type specimen repository

iDigBio type specimen records
Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791

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water depth

OBIS environmental data records

3500 m

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

430 m

(min)

water dissolved o2 concentration

OBIS environmental data records

5.657 mL/L

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

5.657 mL/L

(max)

water nitrate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

22.153 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

22.153 µmol/l

(max)

water o2 saturation

OBIS environmental data records

75.148 percent

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

75.148 percent

(min)

water phosphate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

1.412 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

1.412 µmol/l

(min)

water salinity

OBIS environmental data records

34.913 psu

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

34.913 psu

(max)

water silicate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

42.727 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

42.727 µmol/l

(max)

water temperature

OBIS environmental data records

2.523 degrees celsius

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

2.523 degrees celsius

(max)