Template:Did you know nominations/Ophiopholis aculeata


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:51, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Ophiopholis aculeata

 * ... that the crevice brittle star (pictured) is sometimes involved in mass spawning events?
 * ALT1:.... that the crevice brittle star is sometimes involved in mass spawning events, possibly triggered by a change in water temperature?
 * Reviewed: John Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 19:14, 13 September 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New, in time, long enough, sourced, inline hook citation checks out, QPQ done. Approving ALT0, as ALT1 doesn't seem to add much interest, and also really needs its own inline citation (there's one following "Several spawning events have occurred when warmer surface waters have down-welled into deep, colder water layers," but not after "The cue that triggers a spawning event may be a change in the temperature of the water"). Adding this PD photo, which is quite cool, and if anything looks better at low-res than at higher-res. Non-DYK comments:
 * Three paragraphs in a row begin with "Ophiopholis aculeata ..."
 * First sentence in "Description" section uses "which" twice --Usernameunique (talk) 07:06, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I am happy for the image to be used and have tweaked the prose in the way you suggest. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:18, 14 September 2017 (UTC)