Ophiolepis superba, Banded brittle starfish

Ophiolepis superba   Clark, 1915

Banded brittle starfish

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Ophiuroidea | Ophiurida | Ophiuridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 0 - 30 m (Ref. 81020).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-West Pacific: Western Indian Ocean to New Caledonia and the Philippines.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.7 cm WD hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 87041)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Size refers to disc diameter (Ref. 87041). Found in waters less than 30m. Associated with coral communities (Ref. 129602). Occurs under coral rubble in shallow reef areas (Also Ref. 129602). Feeds on detritus and carrion.

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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 referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Fujita, T., Z.B. Yasin and A.T.S. Hwai. 2008. (Ref. 84821)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Internet-källor

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, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.6 - 29.3, mean 28.3 (based on 2681 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).