Breviturma pica Pied brittle star, Yellow-Spotted Brittle star

Breviturma pica is commonly referred to as Pied brittle star, Yellow-Spotted Brittle star. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3545 

AphiaID:

1306674 

Scientific:

Breviturma pica 

German:

Gescheckter Schlangenstern, Gelbgepunkteter Schlangenstern 

English:

Pied Brittle Star, Yellow-Spotted Brittle Star 

Category:

Brittle stars 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiacanthida (Order) > Ophiocomidae (Family) > Breviturma (Genus) > pica (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Müller & Troschel, ), 1842 

Occurrence:

Aldabra Group, Australia, Comores, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Red Sea, Somalia, South-Africa, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, USA 

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:

- 7 Meter 

Size:

8,2 cm 

Temperature:

44.6 °F - 84.2 °F (7°C - 29°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Breviturma dentata
  Schlangenstern
• 
  Breviturma pica
  Gescheckter Schlangenstern, Gelbgepunkteter Schlangenstern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-02-04 15:06:13 

Last edit:

2024-05-03 16:02:08 

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