Aquilonastra iranica
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Aquilonastra iranica   (Mortensen, 1940)


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Aquilonastra iranica  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Asteroidea | Valvatida | Asterinidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Indian Ocean: Iran, Bahrain and Pakistan, Persian Gulf.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on sandy and hard substrates (Ref. 128631). Members of the family Asterinidae are very opportunistic feeders, feeding indiscriminately on small epifaunal organisms, detritus, decaying animals and plants, and live algae (Ref. 108108).

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Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Pourvali, N. 2015 Intertidal echinoderms (Astroidea, Echinoidea, Ophiuroidea) from Hormuz Island in the Strait of Hormuz (Persian Gulf, Iran). Marine Biodiversity Records 8:e50. (Ref. 107384)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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