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- Paxillosida
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Tethyaster canaliculatus (Clark, 1916)
Channeled sea star| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Asteroidea | Paxillosida | Astropectinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic; depth range 6 - 78 m (Ref. 865). Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Eastern Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 50.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 865)
It is found on soft bottoms from depths of 6 to 78 meters (Ref. 865).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | 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.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Gotshall, D.W. 2005 Guide to marine invertebrates: Alaska to Baja California, 2nd ed. (revised). Sea Challengers. 117 p. (Ref. 865)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 24.4 - 28, mean 26.9 (based on 10 cells).