Zoroaster ophiactis Fisher, 1916
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Asteroidea | Forcipulatida | Zoroasteridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic; depth range 959 - 1628 m (Ref. 81020). Deep-water
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Western Central Pacific: South China Sea (to be completed).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
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
Lane, D.J.W., L.M. Marsh, VandenSpiegel and F.W.E. Rowe. 2000. (Ref. 81020)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Internet sources
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): 3 - 5.1, mean 4.1 (based on 170 cells).