Plutonaster Sladen 1889

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Plutonaster is a genus of echinoderms in the family Astropectinidae.

EOL has data for 13 attributes, including:

bioluminescent
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Bioluminescent
- Definition: Has this organism been observed to produce and transmit light?
- Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioluminescence
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yes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/yes
- Definition: This statement is true; the answer to this question is yes.
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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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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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subsurface deposit feeder
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/subsurfaceDepositFeeder
- Definition: An organism which obtains food primarily by subsurface deposit feeding. Reid WDK, Wigham BD, McGill RAR, Polunin NVC (2012) Elucidating trophic pathways in benthic deep-sea assemblages of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north and south of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 463:89-103. doi:10.3354/meps09863
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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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4252 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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15.532 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Plutonaster Sladen 1889. View this species on GBIF

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Plutonaster includes 13 children: