Ophiuroidea | 
Amphilepidida | 
Ophiotrichidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range				
				
					Οικολογία				
				
			
			
				; Υφάλμυρο;  εύρος βάθους 0 - 1244 m (Αναφ. 85345).  Subtropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean:  Europe.  Temperate and subtropical.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
			
			
				Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Found in muddy bottoms in the sub-littoral to bathyal zones (Ref. 96352).  A passive suspension feeder (Ref. 96376).  A microvore-carnivore-scavenger that feeds on organic detritus and animal matter (Ref. 96352).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the class Ophiuroidea are mostly gonochoric, others are protandric.  Fertilization is external.  Brooding is common, bursae is used as brood chambers where the embryos develop into juveniles and later crawl out from the bursal slits.  Life cycle:  Embryos hatch into free-swimming planktotrophic larvae and later metamorphose into tiny brittle stars which sink down the bottom where they grow into adult form.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Harms, J. 1993 Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight) - a review of recent records. Helgoländer Meeresunters 47:1-34. (Αναφ. 2711)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Αναφ. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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Εργαλεία
			
			
			
			
				
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 5.1 - 11.3, mean 7.9 (based on 220 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.