Asteroidea | 
Paxillosida | 
Luidiidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic.  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Northwest Pacific:  South China Sea.
			
			
			
			
			
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				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
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					Members of the class Asteroidea exhibit both asexual (regeneration and clonal) and sexual (gonochoric) means of reproduction.  Life cycle:  Embryos hatch into planktonic larvae and later metamorphose into pentamorous juveniles which develop into young sea stars with stubby arms.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Liu, W., Y. Liao and X. Li 2006 A new sea-star species (Asteroidea: Luidiidae) from the South China Sea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54(2):441-445. (Ref. 75510)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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