Asteroidea | 
Paxillosida | 
Astropectinidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / تغييرات عمق / distribution range				
				
					بوم شناسي				
				
			
			
				وابسته به آب سنگ;  تغييرات عمق 0 - 222 m (مرجع 106682).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Southeast Atlantic and entire tropical Indo-Pacific from Red Sea and South Africa to the Hawaiian Islands.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / سن
			
			
				بلوغ: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm WD جنس نر / بدون خواص جنسي; (مرجع 800)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						The five arms have blunt and tapered ends that curve slightly upwards. Both oral and aboral sides are flattened, with the aboral disc being slightly convex. Body color varies from greenish-blue, to brownish-gray and dark reddish-brown. This species is characterized by its distinctive laterally projecting rows of spines on the supero-marginal plate.					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Buried in the sand during daytime and crawls on the sand to search for food at night.  Feeds primarily on bivalves and gastropods and other small invertebrates buried in the sand (Ref. 800).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					بلوغ | تولید مثل | تخم ریزی | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the class Asteroidea exhibit both asexual (regeneration and clonal) and sexual (gonochoric) means of reproduction.  Life cycle:  Embryos hatch into planktonic larvae and later metamorphose into pentamorous juveniles which develop into young sea stars with stubby arms.				
			
			
			
			
				مآخذ اصلی  				
					مراجع | هماهنگ كننده | همكاران
				
			
			
				Schoppe, S. 2000 A guide to common shallow water sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and feather stars (echinoderms) of the Philippines. Times Media Private Limited, Singapore. 144 p. (مرجع 800)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						وضعيت در فهرست قرمز IUCN    
						 (مرجع 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				وضعيت از نظر سايتس   (مرجع 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				خطر برای انسان ها  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				استفاده انسانی  
			
			
							
			
			
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ابزارها
			
			
			
			
				
					اطلاعات بيشتر				
				
					 Population dynamicsرشد
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
نوسانات طولی
Mass conversion
فراواني
  Life cycleتولید مثلبلوغFecundityتخم ریزیEggsنمو  تخمLarvae   PhysiologyOxygen consumption
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
				منابع اينترنتي
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 15.3 - 29, mean 27.4 (based on 2738 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						طبقه قيمت  					
					
					Unknown.