Astrophyton muricatum, Giant basket star : fisheries

Astrophyton muricatum   (Lamarck, 1816)

Giant basket star

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Ophiuroidea | Euryalida | Gorgonocephalidae

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

Reef-associated; depth range 2 - 500 m (Ref. 111335).  Tropical; 38°N - 35°S, 100°W - 28°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic: From North Carolina to Belize, Costa Rica and Panama; throughout the Caribbean and south to Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. )

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum length measurement used is central disk diameter. Minimum depth from Ref. 83942. This is a subtidal species found on rocky and sandy bottoms and in coral reefs at depths of 2 to 70 m (Ref. 83942).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | 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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Ref. 415)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.9 - 28, mean 25.6 (based on 346 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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