Serpant star
size:
disk up to 35 millimeters, arms up to 12 centimeterscolor:
upper side beige-brown to orange-red; under side white-beigeage:
6 to 10 yearsfood:
small bottom-dwelling animals, such as crustaceans, worms and bivalves; organic wasteenemies:
various fish, sun starsreproduction:
sexual- Dut: Slangster
- Lat: Ophiura ophiura, Ophiura texturata
- Eng: Serpant star
- Ger: Schlangenstern
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Serpant star
Serpant stars are brittlestars. During the day, they often hide under stones or in the sand. Using their five arms, they crawl over the sea floor during the night, in search of food. Although rarely witnessed, if you frighten a serpant star it can swim away. Serpant stars are common in the North Sea coastal waters and the Wadden Sea, down to depths of 10 to 200 meters. They prefer muddy sand bottoms.
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