Dr. Paddy Ryan, USA
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Astrobrachion constrictum (Farquhar, 1900)
Astrobrachion constrictum living exclusively on the deep-water coral Antipathella fiordensis (Fiordland Black Coral).
There are a variety of colour from uniform deep red with white spots or stripes, to black with white stripes and uniform bright yellow, purple-brown banded with transverse white and red-brown rings.
The arms are very long, 20 to 25 times the disc-diameter.
Astrobrachion constrictum feeds at night primarily on mucus produced by A. fiordensis polyps,on planktonic food and on suspended material on the Black corals.
This brittle star is a normally deep water species,but can also found within SCUBA diving range in the fiords of southern New Zealand.
Synonyme:
Ophiocreas constrictum
Ophiocreas constrictus
Ophiocreas phanerum
Ophiuropsis lymani
Ophiuropsis simplex
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order) > Euryalidea (Superfamily) > Euryalidae (Family) > Astrobrachion (Genus) > Astrobrachion constrictum (Species)
Astrobrachion constrictum living exclusively on the deep-water coral Antipathella fiordensis (Fiordland Black Coral).
There are a variety of colour from uniform deep red with white spots or stripes, to black with white stripes and uniform bright yellow, purple-brown banded with transverse white and red-brown rings.
The arms are very long, 20 to 25 times the disc-diameter.
Astrobrachion constrictum feeds at night primarily on mucus produced by A. fiordensis polyps,on planktonic food and on suspended material on the Black corals.
This brittle star is a normally deep water species,but can also found within SCUBA diving range in the fiords of southern New Zealand.
Synonyme:
Ophiocreas constrictum
Ophiocreas constrictus
Ophiocreas phanerum
Ophiuropsis lymani
Ophiuropsis simplex
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order) > Euryalidea (Superfamily) > Euryalidae (Family) > Astrobrachion (Genus) > Astrobrachion constrictum (Species)
