Ophiura albida, Serpent's table brittlestar

Ophiura albida   Forbes, 1839

Serpent's table brittlestar

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

; brackvatten; djupintervall 2 - 850 m (Ref. 85345).  Temperate; 74°N - 35°N, 33°W - 37°E

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean: Europe. Temperate and subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Inhabits estuarine and inshore areas (Ref. 96352). Found in large numbers along the coastal zone in the North Sea off Belgium. Inhabits fine to coarse-grained sediments with low to medium mud content (maximum of 40%). Possess agile and strong arms (Ref. 7882). A microvore-carnivore-scavenger that feeds on organic detritus and animal matter (Ref. 96352).

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

Harms, J. 1993 Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight) - a review of recent records. Helgoländer Meeresunters 47:1-34. (Ref. 2711)

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


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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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): 6.4 - 11.3, mean 7.9 (based on 319 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.