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Valvatida |
Ophidiasteridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; profondeur 0 - 69 m (Ref. 81548). Tropical
Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Found in atoll lagoons (Ref. 97298). Very common on reef flats and common in seaward reef (Ref. 102252). Usually on subtidal rocks and coral reefs (Ref. 102838). Cryptic. Feeds on algae and microbes (Refs. 102252, 129602). Occasionally parasitized by Stilifer linckiae (Ref. 129602).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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.
Purwati, P. and D.J.W. Lane. 2004. (Ref. 81548)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.1 - 28.9, mean 27.5 (based on 880 cells).
