Crinoidea |
Comatulida |
Comatulidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 1 - 144 m (Ref. 101028). Tropical
Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Partly hidden to exposed under overhangs at depths of 10 to 20 m (Ref. 101028). Semicryptic in crevices or rubble with a number of its arms extended in multidirectional posture (Ref. 100368). Suspension feeder (Ref. 68823).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Crinoidea are gonochoric. During spawning, the pinnule walls rupture and the eggs and sperms are shed into the seawater. Life cycle: Embryos elongate into free-swimming larvae (doliolaria) which later sink to the bottom where they metamorphose into stalked sessile crinoid.
Kirkendale, L. and C.G. Messing 2003 An annotated checklist and key to the Crinoidea of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Micronesica 35-36:523-546. (Ref. 101028)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 20.9 - 28.8, mean 27.4 (based on 890 cells).
