Ophiuroidea |
Ophiacanthida |
Ophiocomidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range
Οικολογία
Υφαλόφιλο(α); εύρος βάθους 0 - 22 m (Αναφ. 81020). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.8 cm WD αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 800)
The maximum size refers to disc diameter. The arm length is measured at 18 cm (Ref. 128807). Occurs beneath coral slabs and in holes and crevices; also in branching corals (Ref. 800). They are also found at the reef edge, with a sandy, rubble, and dead coral substrates (Ref. 87041), also in silty, seagrass, sandy rocky, algal mats, hydroids, Thalassia beds and coral reefs (Ref. 128807). Feeding as juveniles may be facilitated through parasitic feeding (Ref. 102357).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | 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.
Schoppe, S. 2000 A guide to common shallow water sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and feather stars (echinoderms) of the Philippines. Times Media Private Limited, Singapore. 144 p. (Αναφ. 800)
IUCN Red List Status
(Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Εργαλεία
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες
Τροφική ΟικολογίαFood items (preys)
Σύσταση δίαιτας
Κατανάλωση τροφής
Θηρευτές
Population dynamicsΑύξηση
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Αφθονία
Life cycleΑναπαραγωγήΓεννητική ΩρίμανσηΓονιμότηταΓεννοβολίαEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyΚατανάλωση οξυγόνου
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 22.9 - 29.3, mean 28.3 (based on 2843 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.