Ophiomyxa australis Brittlestar

Ophiomyxa australisis commonly referred to as Brittlestar. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Ophiomyxa australis, Kwajalein

Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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lexID:: 2038
AphiaID:: 212437

Scientific:: Ophiomyxa australis
German:: Schlangenstern
English:: Brittlestar

Category:: Brittle stars

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiacanthida (Order) > Ophiomyxidae (Family) > Ophiomyxa (Genus) > australis (Species)
Initial determination:: Lütken, 1869

Occurrence:: Aldabra Group, Australia, China, India, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, New Zealand, Philippines, Red Sea, Somalia, Tansania, the Seychelles
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0,5 - 1450 Meter
Size:: up to 5.51" (14 cm)
Temperature:: 37.4 °F - 82.4 °F (3°C - 28°C)
Food:: Algae, Crustaceans, No reliable information available, omnivore
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Data deficient (DD)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ophiomyxa anisacantha
Ophiomyxa australis
Schlangenstern
Ophiomyxa bengalensis
Ophiomyxa brevicauda
Ophiomyxa brevirima
Weichhäutiger-Schlangenstern
Ophiomyxa compacta
Ophiomyxa crinita
Ophiomyxa duskiensis
Ophiomyxa fisheri
Ophiomyxa flaccida
Roter Riesenschlangenstern
Ophiomyxa longipeda
Ophiomyxa neglecta
Ophiomyxa panamensis
Ophiomyxa pentagona
Ophiomyxa punctata
Ophiomyxa serpentaria
Ophiomyxa stimpsonii
Ophiomyxa tenuispina
Ophiomyxa tumida
Ophiomyxa vivipara

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2006-09-23 20:24:51
Last edit:: 2023-03-21 20:01:35

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Ophiomyxa australis Lütken, 1869

Type locality: Bass Strait

Color: light orange to uniform blood-red, arms banded with yellow.

Synonymised names:
Ophiodera brevispina (v. Martens, 1870) · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiomyxa brevipina von Martens, 1870 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophiomyxa brevispina v. Martens, 1870 · unaccepted
Ophiomyxa brevispina var. irregularis Koehler, 1898 · unaccepted
Ophiomyxa irregularis Koehler, 1905 · unaccepted
Ophiomyxa robillardi de Loriol, 1893 · unaccepted

External links

Atlas of Living Australia (en). Abgerufen am 21.03.2023.
EOL (en). Abgerufen am 21.03.2023.
Underwaterkwaj (en). Abgerufen am 21.03.2023.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 21.03.2023.

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