Ophiuroidea | 
Amphilepidida | 
Ophiotrichidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				.  Temperate			
			
			
				
			
			
				Distribution				
					Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar				
			
			
				Northeast Atlantic:  Celtic Sea.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Ellis, J.R., G. Burt and S.I. Rogers 2007 Epifaunal sampling in the Celtic Sea. ICES ASC 2007 Theme Session A23. www.cefas.co.uk. (Ref. 87524)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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Verktyg
			
			
			
			
				
					Ytterligare information				
				
					 Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
  Population dynamicsTillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
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Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
  PhysiologySyreförbrukning
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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						Price category  					
					
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