Ophiothela mirabilis Brittle Star

Ophiothela mirabilis is 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 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 9708
AphiaID:: 244093

Scientific:: Ophiothela mirabilis
German:: Schlangenstern
English:: Brittle Star

Category:: Slangsterren

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Amphilepidida (Order) > Ophiotrichidae (Family) > Ophiothela (Genus) > mirabilis (Species)
Initial determination:: Verrill, 1867

Occurrence:: Bali, Brazil, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Invasive Species, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Red Sea, South Atlantic, South-Africa, the Caribbean
Sea depth:: 0 - 120 Meter
Size:: 0" - 0.39" (0,8cm - 1cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C)
Food:: Detritus, Plankton, Zooplankton
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
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:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ophiothela danae
Ophiothela gracilis
Ophiothela mirabilis
Schlangenstern
Ophiothela tigris
Ophiothela venusta
Ophiothela vincula

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-05-15 08:50:45
Last edit:: 2021-03-20 14:03:18

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Ophiothela mirabilis Verrill, 1867

These tiny to small, variably colored brittlestars are oftsen living in association with other invertebrates such as gorgonians, sponges, and apparently even echinoderms such as starfish, urchins and sea cucumbers. Some gorgonians are occupied by hundreds of these brittlestars, all tightly wrapped around the gorgonian stalks.

Benthic; depth range 0 - 120 m

Synonymised names:
Ophiothela caerulea H.L. Clark, 1915
Ophiothela coerulea H.L. Clark, 1915
Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 (synonymized by Alitto et al. 2020)
Ophiothela danae involuta Koehler, 1898 (subspecies not accepted)
Ophiothela dividua von Martens, 1879
Ophiothela hadra H.L. Clark, 1915
Ophiothela involuta Koehler, 1898
Ophiothela isidicola Lütken, 1872
Ophiothela verrilli Duncan, 1879
Ophiothrix (Ophiothela) mirabilis Verrill, 1867
Ophiothrix danae (Koehler, 1898) (synonym)

External links

Host species of the non-indigenous brittle star Ophiothela mirabilis (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): an invasive generalist in Brazil? (en). Abgerufen am 05.06.2021.
underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 20.03.2021.
wildsingapore.com (en). Abgerufen am 20.03.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 20.03.2021.

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