Ophiuroidea |
Euryalida |
Gorgonocephalidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range
Ekologi
Revassocierade; djupintervall 2 - 500 m (Ref. 111335). Tropical; 38°N - 35°S, 100°W - 28°W
Western Atlantic: From North Carolina to Belize, Costa Rica and Panama; throughout the Caribbean and south to Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.0 cm WD hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. )
Maximum length measurement used is central disk diameter. Minimum depth from Ref. 83942. This is a subtidal species found on rocky and sandy bottoms and in coral reefs at depths of 2 to 70 m (Ref. 83942).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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.
Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés 2005 Photographic identification guide to some common marine invertebrates of Bocas Del Toro, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(3):638-707. (Ref. 415)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Verktyg
Ytterligare information
Population dynamicsTillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
PhysiologySyreförbrukning
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet-källor
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 22.9 - 28, mean 25.6 (based on 346 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
