Ophioderma appressum Short-armed-brittle star, Banded-arm brittle star, Harlequin Brittle Star

Ophioderma appressum wird umgangssprachlich oft als Schlangenstern bezeichnet.

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AphiaID:: 245143

Scientific:: Ophioderma appressum
German:: Schlangenstern
English:: Short-armed-brittle Star, Banded-arm Brittle Star, Harlequin Brittle Star

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiacanthida (Order) > Ophiodermatidae (Family) > Ophioderma (Genus) > appressum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Say, ), 1825

Occurrence:: Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Panama, the Caribbean
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: 42.8 °F - 78.8 °F (6°C - 26°C)
Food:: Carrion, Detritus
Tank:: 109.99 gal (~ 500L)
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

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ophioderma anitae
Ophioderma appressa
Ophioderma besnardi
Ophioderma brevicauda
Ophioderma brevispina
Ophioderma cinerea
Ophioderma devaneyi
Ophioderma divae
Ophioderma elaps
Ophioderma ensifera
Ophioderma guttata
Ophioderma holmesii
Ophioderma januarii
Ophioderma longicauda
Ophioderma pallida
Ophioderma panamensis
Ophioderma pentacantha
Ophioderma peruana
Ophioderma phoenia
Ophioderma propinqua
Ophioderma rubicunda
Ophioderma sodipallaresi
Ophioderma squamosissima
Ophioderma teres
Ophioderma tongana
Ophioderma vansyoci
Ophioderma variegata
Ophioderma wahlbergii
Schlangenhäutiger-Schlangenstern, Wahlbergs Schlangenstern

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-09-23 16:12:55
Last edit:: 2014-09-23 16:12:55

Info

(Say, 1825)

The brittle star lives in reef and seagrass habitats from the intertidal to the fore reef slope; under coral rubble and in branching and foliose corals.

Synonyme:
Ophioderma appressum (Say, 1825)
Ophioderma virescens Lütken, 1859
Ophiura appressa Say, 1825

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Ophiodermatina (Infraorder) > Ophiodermatidae (Family) > Ophiodermatinae (Subfamily) > Ophioderma (Genus)

External links

Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Reefcolors (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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