Asteroidea |
Velatida |
Pterasteridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 6 - 3635 m (Ref. 119490). Boreal
Circumboreal and polar: from Sea of Japan to Bering Sea and northern USA in the Pacific and from USA to Norway in the Atlantic. Boreal to polar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 93256)
Maximum depth from Ref. 111335. It is found on soft bottoms in subtidal areas to a depth of 1,100 meters (Ref. 865).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Females brood large, yolky eggs (Ref. 865).
Glagolev, S.M., L.A. Abramova and A.A. Vedenin 2006 The list of invertebrate animal species of the Chupa Bay (Kandalaksha Gulf, White Sea). The materials of the White Sea Expedition of Moscow Southwest High School Vol. 6. http://herba,su.ru/shipunov/belomor/english/2006/bespy-e.htm [Accessed 23/04/2007] (Ref. 3527)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 0.7 - 9.3, mean 3.7 (based on 1247 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
