Echinoidea | 
Holasteroida | 
Pourtalesiidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 3315 - 5020 m (Ref. 95072).  Temperate			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Northeast Pacific.
			
			
			
			
			
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				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
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					Members of the class Echinoidea are gonochoric.  Fertilization is external.  Brooding is common, eggs are held either on the peristome, around the periproct or deep into the concavities on the petaloids.  Life cycle:  Embryos develop into planktotrophic larvae (echinoplateus) and live for several months before they sink to the bottom using their tube feet to adhere on the ground where they metamorphose into young urchins.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Lambert, P. and W.C. Austin 2007 Brittle stars, sea urchins and feather stars of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska and Puget Sound. Royal British Columbia Museum, Canada, 150p. (Ref. 95072)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 1.5 - 1.6, mean 1.5 (based on 51 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.