Ophiuroidea |
Amphilepidida |
Ophiactidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 180 m (Ref. 81020). Tropical
Indo-Pacific
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.3 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 87041)
Size refers to disc diameter (Ref. 87041). Found on dead coral (Ref. 87041), particularly in intertidal areas (Ref. 81187). Dwells on subtidal hard bottom (Ref. 130839).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | 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.
Fujita, T. and Y. Liao 2001 Ophiuroids (Echinodermata) collected in the shallow water of Hainan Island, South China Sea. In pp. 95-99, Matsura, K. (ed). 2001. Marine Fauna of the Shallow Waters Around Hainan Island, South China Sea. National Science Museum Monographs 21:95-99. (Ref. 81187)
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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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.
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 20.5 - 29.1, mean 27.9 (based on 2644 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
