Ophiomastix annulosa   (Lamarck, 1816)

Chain-link brittle star

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Ophiomastix annulosa

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Ophiacanthida | Ophiocomidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

Associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 4 - 11 m (Ref. 81187).  Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Indo-West Pacific: from Maldives to China.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.4 cm WD maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 87041)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Depth information reported for China (Ref. 81187). Size refers to disk diameter (Ref. 87041). Found beneath coral slabs and in holes and crevices. Possesses enlarged, modified, venomous spines (Ref. 800). Subtidal. Association with Ophiomastix scolopendrina may serve as its strategy in obtaining food from the host's arms (Ref. 102356).

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.

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Schoppe, S. 2000. (Ref. 800)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Fonti Internet

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.9 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 2609 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.