Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj	climate: MC	migrate:	phylum: Echinodermata
COMPLETE = 2.4	ecozone: MANE	food: biP, bjB, biD	class: Ophiuroidea
MRE = 0.113	habitat: 0jMcp, jiMb	gender: D	order: Ophiurida
SMSE = 0.021	embryo: Mp	reprod: O	family: Amphiuridae

Zero-variate data

Data	Observed	Predicted	(RE)	Unit	Description	Reference
ah	1.5	1.575	(0.04989)	d	age at hatching	DupoThor2009
ab	2	1.985	(0.00742)	d	age at birth	DupoThor2009
aj	17	15.37	(0.09599)	d	age at metamorphosis	DupoThor2009
ap	1095	1268	(0.1584)	d	age at puberty	Muus1981, OckeMuus1978
am	9125	9125	(1.742e-05)	d	life span	Muus1981, OckeMuus1978
Lh	0.0075	0.006703	(0.1062)	cm	total length at hatching	DupoThor2009
Lb	0.0075	0.007248	(0.03361)	cm	total length at birth	DupoThor2009
Lj	0.0325	0.03772	(0.1606)	cm	total length at metamorphosis	Muus1981
Lp	0.138	0.1809	(0.3109)	cm	oral width at puberty	Muus1981, JoseJens1992
Li	0.29	0.2213	(0.2368)	cm	ultimate oral width	OConBown1983
Wwb	5.236e-07	5.338e-07	(0.01953)	g	wet weight atb birth	guess
Wwp	4.776	3.84	(0.1958)	g	wet weight at puberty	Muus1981, JoseJens1992
Wwi	5.846	7.034	(0.2031)	g	ultimate wet weight	Muus1981, JoseJens1992
Ri	806.5	806	(0.0006026)	#/d	maximum reprod rate	OConBown1983

Pseudo-data at T_ref = 20°C

Data	Generalised animal	Amphiura filiformis	Unit	Description
v	0.02	0.0304	cm/d	energy conductance
kap	0.8	0.9915	-	allocation fraction to soma
kap_R	0.95	0.95	-	reproduction efficiency
p_M	18	41.51	J/d.cm^3	vol-spec som maint
k_J	0.002	0.002	1/d	maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G	0.8	0.8019	-	growth efficiency

Discussion

Facts

• Lives in sediment and sticks 2 arms out in the water, which tips can be snapped off (Ref: Wiki)

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