Starry Flounders

Platichthys Lange-Bertalot, Kulikovskiy, Witkowski, Seddon & Kociolek 2015

Platichthys (Starry Flounders) is a genus of Bacillariophyceae in the family Entomoneidaceae. Dead Starry Flounders form siliceous oozes.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000044
Definition: Siliceous ooze is a marine sediment composed of the debris of plankton with silica shells, such as diatoms and radiolaria. This ooze is limited to areas with high biological productivity, such as the polar oceans, and upwelling zones near the equator. The least common type of sediment, it covers only 15% of the ocean floor. It accumulates at a slower rate than calcareous ooze: 0.2-1 cm / 1000 yr.

EOL has data for 14 attributes, including:

ecomorphological guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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algae
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q37868
- Definition: polyphyletic group of photosynthetic nonvascular organisms
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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sea floor
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000482
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number of public records in bold
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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135
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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456 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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0.703 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Starry flounders. View this species on GBIF