Ophiolepis elegans Elegant Britlle star, Rosette-scaled brittle star

Ophiolepis elegans is commonly referred to as Elegant Britlle star, Rosette-scaled 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.

Profile

lexID:

13838 

AphiaID:

243691 

Scientific:

Ophiolepis elegans 

German:

Eleganter Schlangenstern 

English:

Elegant Britlle Star, Rosette-scaled Brittle Star 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Amphilepidida (Order) > Ophiolepididae (Family) > Ophiolepis (Genus) > elegans (Species) 

Initial determination:

Lütken, 1859 

Occurrence:

Columbia, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, the Caribbean, Trindade and Martim Vaz, USA, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

1 - 92 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.48" (19 cm) 

Food:

Carrion, Detritus 

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:

• Ophiolepis affinis
• Ophiolepis ailsae
• Ophiolepis biscalata
• Ophiolepis cardioplax
• Ophiolepis crassa
• 
  Ophiolepis elegans
  Eleganter Schlangenstern
• Ophiolepis fulva
• Ophiolepis gemma
• Ophiolepis grisea
• Ophiolepis impressa
• Ophiolepis irregularis
• Ophiolepis kieri
• Ophiolepis nodosa
• Ophiolepis pacifica
• Ophiolepis paucispina
• Ophiolepis pawsoni
• Ophiolepis plateia
• Ophiolepis rugosa
• 
  Ophiolepis superba
  Gebänderter Schlangenstern, Prächtiger Schlangenstern
• Ophiolepis unicolor
• Ophiolepis variegata
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2021-05-06 19:43:19 

Last edit:

2021-05-06 19:58:16 

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