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Ophiocoma scolopendrina Brittle Star

Ophiocoma scolopendrinais commonly referred to as 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 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
3929 
AphiaID:
212378 
Scientific:
Ophiocoma scolopendrina 
German:
Riffdach-Schlangenstern 
English:
Brittle Star 
Category:
Brittle stars 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiacanthida (Order) > Ophiocomidae (Family) > Ophiocoma (Genus) > scolopendrina (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lamarck, ), 1816 
Occurrence:
Australia, East Africa, Fiji, Guam, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Hawaii, India, Indo-Pacific coral triangle, Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa, Taiwan, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
up to 5.12" (13 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Detritus 
Tank:
65.99 gal (~ 300L)  
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:
2022-01-20 18:25:29 

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Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816)

Colour in life: very varied, dorsal disc uniformly black to pale brown to black variegated pattern, dorsal arm plates brown or paler brown regions several segments wide (Humphreys, 1981), ventral disc is light coloured or variegated, never uniformly dark.

Synonymised names:
Ophiocoma alternans von Martens, 1870 (synonym)
Ophiocoma lubrica Koehler, 1898 (synonym)
Ophiocoma molaris Lyman, 1861
Ophiocoma variabilis Grube, 1857 (synonym)
Ophiura scolopendrina Lamarck, 1816

Scientific paper

  1. Biology of a "Babysitting" Symbiosis in Brittle Stars: Analysis of the Interactions between Ophiomastix venosa and Ophiocoma scolopendrina, Didier Fourgon, Michel Jangoux and Igor Eeckhaut, 2007
  2. Biology of a “babysitting” symbiosis in brittle stars: analysis of the interactions between Ophiomastix venosa and Ophiocoma scolopendrina, Didier Fourgon; Michel Jangoux; Igor Eeckhaut, 2007

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 20.01.2022.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 20.01.2022.

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