Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; intervalo de profundidade 1 - 130 m (Ref. 96392). Tropical
Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea to southern Brazil. Tropical to subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Feeds primarily on gastropods, bivalves and small crustaceans, and sometimes on amphipods, isopods, crabs, smaller echinoderms and fish larvae (Ref. 96392).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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.
Alvarado, J.J. and J. Cortés. 2009. (Ref. 83942)
Status na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Status no CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Perigo para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 21.4 - 27.7, mean 24.7 (based on 498 cells).