Ophiuroglypha lymani   (Ljungman, 1871)

Fly swatter brittle star
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Ophiuroidea | Ophiurida | Ophiopyrgidae

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

Benthic; depth range 30 - 800 m (Ref. 87801).  Polar

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southern Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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 References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE). 2011. (Ref. 87340)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.7 - 7, mean 5 (based on 109 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.17).

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