Ophioderma longicaudum Smooth Brittle-star

Ophioderma longicaudum is commonly referred to as Smooth 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 250 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

703 

AphiaID:

1420120 

Scientific:

Ophioderma longicaudum 

German:

Brauner Schlangenstern 

English:

Smooth Brittle-star 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiacanthida (Order) > Ophiodermatidae (Family) > Ophioderma (Genus) > longicaudum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bruzelius, ), 1805 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Ghana, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Azores, Croatia, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, Greece, Israel, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

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 - 70 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

5.91" - 9.84" (15cm - 25cm) 

Temperature:

57.2 °F - 77 °F (14°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Clams, Detritus, Invertebrates, Worms, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Tank:

54.99 gal (~ 250L)  

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:

• Ophioderma anitae
• Ophioderma appressa
• Ophioderma besnardi
• Ophioderma brevicauda
• Ophioderma brevispina
• Ophioderma cinerea
• Ophioderma devaneyi
• Ophioderma divae
• Ophioderma elaps
• Ophioderma ensifera
• Ophioderma guttata
• Ophioderma holmesii
• Ophioderma januarii
• Ophioderma longicauda
• Ophioderma pallida
• Ophioderma panamensis
• Ophioderma pentacantha
• Ophioderma peruana
• Ophioderma phoenia
• Ophioderma propinqua
• Ophioderma rubicunda
• Ophioderma sodipallaresi
• Ophioderma squamosissima
• Ophioderma teres
• Ophioderma tongana
• Ophioderma vansyoci
• Ophioderma variegata
• 
  Ophioderma wahlbergii
  Schlangenhäutiger-Schlangenstern, Wahlbergs Schlangenstern
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Ophioderma appressum
  Schlangenstern
• 
  Ophioderma cinereum
  Schokoladen-Schlangenstern
• 
  Ophioderma longicaudum
  Brauner Schlangenstern
• 
  Ophioderma panamense
  Gebänderter Schlangenstern, Panama Schlangenstern
• 
  Ophioderma rubicundum
  Rubinroter Schlangenstern
• 
  Ophioderma squamosissimum
  Roter Karibik-Schlangenstern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-15 22:16:35 

Last edit:

2024-11-22 14:01:40 

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