Amphipholis squamata, Dwarf brittle star

Amphipholis squamata   (Delle Chiaje, 1828)

Dwarf brittle star

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

Ophiuroidea | Amphilepidida | Amphiuridae

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

Revassocierade; brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 1330 m (Ref. 85345).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Cosmopolitan.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 95072. Known from subtidal areas (Ref. 83942). Found on seagrass Halimeda sp., and corals Porites sp., Madracis sp. and Agaricia sp. (Ref. 86568). Found from intertidal shell, gravel bed, and stone (ref. 130839) to 828 m depth, often with tunicates and algae (Ref. 87872). A surface deposit-feeder (Ref. 96292).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Broods young in bursal slits near arm attachment sites (Ref. 87872).

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Alves, F., L. Chicharo, A. Nogueira and J. Regala 2003 Changes in benthic community structure due to clam dreging on the Algarve coast and the importance of seasonal analysis. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83:719-729. (Ref. 2851)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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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): 1.5 - 15, mean 6.8 (based on 1666 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.