Asteroidea | 
Valvatida | 
Ophidiasteridae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range				
				
					Οικολογία				
				
			
			
				;  εύρος βάθους 0 - 183 m (Αναφ. 81020).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-Pacific.  Tropical and subtropical.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
			
			
				Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Cryptic, rare on reef flat, lagoon and seaward reef (Ref. 102252).  Also on a reef slope (Ref. 97449).  Ophidiasterids are typical substrate film-feeders as well as on rock-encrusting organisms (Ref. 108108).  Associated with coral communities.  Dwells in hard rocky substrates (Ref. 129602).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae				
			
			
				
					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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Lane, D.J.W., L.M. Marsh, VandenSpiegel and F.W.E. Rowe 2000 Echinoderm fauna of the South China Sea: an inventory and analysis of distribution patterns. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (Suppl. 8):459-493. (Αναφ. 81020)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Αναφ. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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Αφθονία
  Life cycleΑναπαραγωγήΓεννητική ΩρίμανσηΓονιμότηταΓεννοβολίαEggsEgg developmentLarvae   PhysiologyΚατανάλωση οξυγόνου
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  				 
			 
			
			
			
				Διαδικτυακές πηγές
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 24.1 - 28.5, mean 26.2 (based on 82 cells).