Asteroidea | 
Valvatida | 
Mithrodiidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / تغييرات عمق / distribution range				
				
					بوم شناسي				
				
			
			
				وابسته به آب سنگ;  تغييرات عمق 0 - 81 m (مرجع 81020).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Atlantic Ocean and Indo-West Pacific:  eastern Africa, Red Sea and the East Indies.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / سن
			
			
				بلوغ: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Occurs at depths from 10 to 55 m (Ref. 800).  Cryptic, rarely seen on reef flats and lagoon, very rare on seaward reef (Ref. 102252).  Found on a reef slope (Ref. 100368).  Juveniles graze on organic materials and adults feed on small, sessile invertebrates (Ref. 800).   Associated with coral communities (Ref. 129602).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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				
				
					 Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
تركيب غذايي
مصرف غذايي
شکارچیان
  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): 23.7 - 28.8, mean 27.4 (based on 878 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
						طبقه قيمت  					
					
					Unknown.