Astropecten aranciacus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Comb star

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Asteroidea | Paxillosida | Astropectinidae

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

; distribuzione batimetrica 1 - 110 m (Ref. 85345).  Subtropical; 46°N - 37°S, 26°W - 32°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 60.0 cm WD maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 114251)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Maximum length is in body diameter (Ref. 114251).

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.

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

MarineSpecies.org. 2050. (Ref. 3477)

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


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses


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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.3 - 21, mean 18.2 (based on 276 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).