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Velatida |
Pterasteridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; distribuzione batimetrica 95 - 642 m (Ref. 93256). Temperate
Northeast Pacific: Alaska and Canada.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Members of the class Asteroidea exhibit both asexual (regeneration and clonal) and sexual (gonochoric) means of reproduction. Life cycle: Embryos hatch into planktonic larvae and later metamorphose into pentamorous juveniles which develop into young sea stars with stubby arms.
Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Strumenti
Informazioni ulteriori
Age/Size
Accrescimento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfologia
Larve
Abbondanza
Fonti Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 3.7 - 5.9, mean 5 (based on 61 cells).
Price category
Unknown.