Asteroidea |
Brisingida |
Brisingidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 1458 - 2125 m (Ref. 127244). Tropical
Pacific Ocean: from the northwestern Pacific seamounts.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Arms 7, robust. Intercostal integument densely covered by irregular, abutting plates. No syzygy between proximal arm plates. The first pair of adambulacral plates separated by a pair of marginal plates. Alarge interradial plate above the first marginal plates, visible from the abactinal side, covered by scattered spinelets. Mouth spines and proximal adambulacral spines robust, densely distributed. Suboral spines 3-4; subambulacral spines 1-2, proximal ones truncate, capitate. One lateral spine to each adambulacral plate, starting from about the 8th. A pair of gonads to each arm. Color: orange.
Found on seamounts, attaching to deep-sea hexactinellid sponges (Ref. 127244).
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Zhang, R., Y. Zhou, N. Xiao and C. Wang 2020 A new sponge-associated starfish, Astrolirus patricki sp. nov. (Asteroidea: Brisingida: Brisingidae), from the northwestern Pacific seamounts. PeerJ 8:e9071. (Ref. 127244)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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