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Ophiocoma echinata Black brittle star

Ophiocoma echinatais commonly referred to as Black brittle star. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
7205 
AphiaID:
243573 
Scientific:
Ophiocoma echinata 
German:
Stachliger Schlangenstern 
English:
Black Brittle Star 
Category:
Brittle stars 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiacanthida (Order) > Ophiocomidae (Family) > Ophiocoma (Genus) > echinata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lamarck, ), 1816 
Occurrence:
Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Detritus, Suspension feeder 
Tank:
109.99 gal (~ 500L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2014-06-08 20:08:23 

Info

(Lamarck, 1816)

Ophiocoma echinata arms are covered with numerous spines, the color is dark, often with light or cream colored markings.
The arms never show any red or reddish color markings.

The seestar is host of Ophiopsyllus reductus Stock, Humes & Gooding, 1964

Synonyms:
Ophiocoma crassispina (Say, 1825)
Ophiocoma tumida Müller & Troschel, 1842
Ophiura crassispina Say, 1825
Ophiura echinata Lamarck, 1816

Scientific paper

  1. Getting around when you're round: quantitative analysis of the locomotion of the blunt-spined brittle star, Ophiocoma echinata, Astley, H. C., 2012
  2. Arm regeneration in the field inOphiocoma echinata(Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): effects on body composition and its potential role in a reef food web, C. Pomory; J. Lawrence, 2001
  3. Effect of arm regeneration on energy storage and gonad production in Ophiocoma echinata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), C. M. Pomory; J. M. Lawrence, 1999
  4. Energy content of Ophiocoma echinata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) maintained at different feeding levels during arm regeneration, Christopher Pomory; John M Lawrence, 1999
  5. Main sterols from the ophiuroids Ophiocoma echinata, Ophiocoma wendtii, Ophioplocus januarii and Ophionotus victoriae, Carmenza Duque; Jorge Rojas; Sven Zea; Alejandro J. Roccatagliata; Marta S. Maier; Alicia M. Seldes, 1997
  6. A New Sulfated Alkene from the Ophiuroid Ophiocoma echinata, Roccatagliata, Alejandro J.; Maier, Marta S.; Seldes, Alicia M.; Zea, Sven; Duque, Carmenza , 1997
  7. An ultrastructural investigation of the spermatozoa of two ophiuroids,Ophiocoma echinataandOphiocoma wendti: Acrosomal morphology and reaction, B. L. Hylander; R. G. Summers, 1975
  8. LXI.— Embryology of Ophiocoma echinata, Agassiz . (Preliminary note.), Grave, C., 1899

External links

  1. Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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