Pillar Point

Biotic Interactions

In order to learn more about the ecosystem at Pillar Point we examined the data from Global Biotic Interactions.  GloBI provides species interaction data  such as predator-prey,  parasite-host. We retrieved all the species that have 10 or more observations from Intertidal Biodiversity Survey at Pillar Point in iNaturalist, and  screened the list of interacting taxa for overlap with GBIF species and eDNA species. 

Leptasterias hexactis

Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae, Leptasterias, Leptasterias hexactis

eDNA match
GBIF match

eats Mollusca
rank: Phylum

eDNA match
GBIF match

eats Tonicella lineata
rank: Species

eDNA match
GBIF match

preys on Tonicella lineata
rank: Species

eDNA match
GBIF match

preyed upon by Solaster
rank: Genus

eDNA match
GBIF match