Ophiomastix brocki Brittle Star

Ophiomastix brocki is commonly referred to as Brittle Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Ophiomastix elegans, Kwajalein

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AphiaID:: 1306663

Scientific:: Ophiomastix brocki
German:: Schlangenstern
English:: Brittle Star

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiacanthida (Order) > Ophiocomidae (Family) > Ophiomastix (Genus) > brocki (Species)
Initial determination:: O'Hara in O'Hara et al., 2018

Occurrence:: Australia, China, Indonesia, Marschall Islands, Palau, South-Pazific, Sulu Sea
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0,6 - 70 Meter
Size:: 1,5 cm
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 84.2 °F (24°C - 29°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ophiomastix annulosa
Kettenglieder-Schlangenstern
Ophiomastix asperula
Ophiomastix caryophyllata
Gepunktete-Scheibe Schlangenstern
Ophiomastix corallicola
Ophiomastix elegans
Eleganter Schlangenstern
Ophiomastix flaccida
Ophiomastix janualis
Schwarzer Schlangenstern
Ophiomastix koehleri
Ophiomastix marshallensis
Ophiomastix mixta
Ophiomastix ornata
Ophiomastix palaoensis
Ophiomastix stenozonula
Ophiomastix variabilis
Variabler Schlangenstern
Ophiomastix venosa

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-04-15 16:30:31
Last edit:: 2023-04-15 16:44:51

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Ophiomastix brocki O'Hara in O'Hara et al., 2018

Ophiomastix is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophiocomidae. Ophiomastix elegans is renamed Ophiomastix brocki.

Synonymised names
Ophiomastix elegans Brock, 1888 · unaccepted (Homonym after transfer of...)

External links

Australian Museum (en). Abgerufen am 15.04.2023.
EOL (en). Abgerufen am 15.04.2023.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 15.04.2023.

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