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Ophiomyxa flaccida (Say, 1825)
Limy brittle star| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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| Ophiomyxa flaccida AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Ophiuroidea | Ophiacanthida | Ophiomyxidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 320 m (Ref. 87242). Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Western Central Atlantic: Off Bahia, Brazil and Belize.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Maximum depth from Ref. 111335. Found on seagrass Halimeda, corals Porites, Madracis and Agaricia, and rubble (Ref. 86568).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
The mode of reproduction for this species is lecithotrophic larvae.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Hotchkiss, F.H. 1982. (Ref. 87242)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 22.4 - 28, mean 26.4 (based on 340 cells).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.