Asteroidea |
Forcipulatida |
Asteriidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 20 - 1134 m (Ref. 128768). Polar
Arctic and Northern Atlantic: Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Svalbard.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Sublittoral to possibly bathyal in the Atlantic boreal-Arctic. Has a depth range of 35-444m in Svalbard (Ref. 128768).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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.
Cusson, M., P. Archambault and A. Aitken. 2007. (Ref. 3448)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Growth
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Unknown.