Euplectella paratetractina Tabachnick, Janussen & Menschenina 2008

cellularity

• Cellularity and growth form: multicellular

geographic distribution

• Indian Ocean Species List: Indian Ocean

habitat

• World Register of Marine Species: abyssal plain

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -19.0833 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: -12.8433 degrees (max)

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: 116.442 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 123.003 degrees (max)

mineralized skeleton contains

• Mineralogy: biogenic silica

number of records in gbif

• GBIF data coverage: 22

sexual system

• Fairbairn 2013: synchronous hermaphrodite

skeleton structure

• World Register of Marine Species: endoskeleton

trophic guild

• Brusca and Brusca, 2003: omnivore (adult)
• Brusca and Brusca, 2003: feeding current (adult)

visual system

• Nilsson 2013: blind

water depth

• OBIS environmental data records: 722 m (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 156 m (min)

water dissolved o2 concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 2.19 mL/L (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 3.943 mL/L (max)

water nitrate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 29.346 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 16.544 µmol/l (min)

water o2 saturation

• OBIS environmental data records: 62.932 percent (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 33.022 percent (min)

water phosphate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 2.264 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 1.414 µmol/l (min)

water salinity

• OBIS environmental data records: 34.557 psu (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 34.924 psu (max)

water silicate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 22.71 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 64.683 µmol/l (max)

water temperature

• OBIS environmental data records: 12.859 degrees celsius (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 6.481 degrees celsius (min)