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Mithrodiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
Associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 81 m (Ref. 81020). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: eastern Africa, Red Sea and the East Indies.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Occurs at depths from 10 to 55 m (Ref. 800). Cryptic, rarely seen on reef flats and lagoon, very rare on seaward reef (Ref. 102252). Found on a reef slope (Ref. 100368). Juveniles graze on organic materials and adults feed on small, sessile invertebrates (Ref. 800). Associated with coral communities (Ref. 129602).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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.
Schoppe, S. 2000. (Ref. 800)
Status na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Status no CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Perigo para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.7 - 28.8, mean 27.4 (based on 878 cells).
Categoria de preço
Unknown.