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Ophiacanthida |
Ophiomyxidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; distribuzione batimetrica 15 - 399 m (Ref. 87801). Polar
Southern Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
This deposit feeder is found on rock, sand, shell and mud at depths of 15 to 399 m (Ref. 87801).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Members of the class Ophiuroidea are mostly gonochoric, others are protandric. Fertilization is external. Brooding is common, bursae is used as brood chambers where the embryos develop into juveniles and later crawl out from the bursal slits. Life cycle: Embryos hatch into free-swimming planktotrophic larvae and later metamorphose into tiny brittle stars which sink down the bottom where they grow into adult form.
Murray, J. 1896. (Ref. 87480)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Strumenti
Informazioni ulteriori
Age/SizeAccrescimentoLength-weightLength-lengthMorfologiaLarveAbbondanza
Fonti Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 4.5 - 11.7, mean 6.7 (based on 374 cells).