Narcissia gracilis Graceful Sea Star

Narcissia gracilis is commonly referred to as Graceful Sea 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:

17266 

AphiaID:

368964 

Scientific:

Narcissia gracilis 

German:

Graziler Seestern 

English:

Graceful Sea Star 

Category:

Морские Звёзды 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Narcissia (Genus) > gracilis (Species) 

Initial determination:

A.H. Clark, 1916 

Occurrence:

Cocos Island (Costa Rica), California, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California, South-Pazific 

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:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

5,4 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

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) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Narcissia ahearnae
• 
  Narcissia canariensis
  Kanarenstern
• 
  Narcissia gracilis
  Graziler Seestern
• 
  Narcissia trigonaria
  Dreieck-Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-02-26 13:15:24 

Last edit:

2025-02-26 13:22:46 

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