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Black Sea Urchin

Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus 1758)

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)

are eaten by

Global Biotic Interactions

Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus 1758) (White Seabream)
Global Biotic Interactions

Labrus bergylta Ascanius 1767 (Ballan Wrasse)

are parasitized by

Global Biotic Interactions

Zoogonus rubellus (Olsson 1868) Odhner 1902

body length

World Register of Marine Species

15 mm
World Register of Marine Species

8 mm
World Register of Marine Species

50 mm

(max)
World Register of Marine Species

30 mm

(max)

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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diameter

World Register of Marine Species

34 mm
World Register of Marine Species

80 mm

(max)
World Register of Marine Species

55 mm
World Register of Marine Species

48 mm

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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forms

Nebelsick 1992
shallow marine sediment
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_03000034

Definition: Marine sediment that accumulates within shallow regions of the oceanic basin close to continents, such as the continental shelf, or continental slope

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(dead)

geographic distribution

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TreatmentBank
Angola
URI: http://www.geonames.org/3351879

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TreatmentBank
Brazil
URI: http://www.geonames.org/3469034

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TreatmentBank
Mediterranean Sea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1905

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TreatmentBank
Africa
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255146

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TreatmentBank
Gulf Of Guinea
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4286

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habitat

Wikipedia (inferred records)
coastal
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000687

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latitude

OBIS environmental data records

51 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

-23.9694 degrees

(min)

locomotion

Grabowsky 1994
omnidirectional
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/omnidirectional

Definition: existing in every direction

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

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Grabowsky 1994
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

15.55 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

-45.4956 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

6881

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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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
omnivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509

Comment: Auto-added during harvest #1048. A human needs to edit this.

Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
omnivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509

Comment: Auto-added during harvest #1048. A human needs to edit this.

Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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(adult)

type specimen repository

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

Ullrich-Lüter et al 2011
photoreceptor cell
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001060

Definition: A specialized cell type in a multicellular organism that is sensitive to light.

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water depth

OBIS environmental data records

5.5 m

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

37 m

(max)

water dissolved o2 concentration

OBIS environmental data records

5.382 mL/L

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

5.382 mL/L

(min)

water nitrate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

1.692 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

1.692 µmol/l

(max)

water o2 saturation

OBIS environmental data records

97.389 percent

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

97.389 percent

(min)

water phosphate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

0.229 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

0.229 µmol/l

(max)

water salinity

OBIS environmental data records

37.969 psu

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

37.969 psu

(max)

water silicate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

1.778 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

1.778 µmol/l

(min)

water temperature

OBIS environmental data records

16.269 degrees celsius

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

16.269 degrees celsius

(min)