Astrophyton muricatum Great basket star, Giant Basket Star

Astrophyton muricatum is commonly referred to as Great basket star, Giant Basket Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7013 

AphiaID:

243214 

Scientific:

Astrophyton muricatum 

German:

Großes Gorgonenhaupt 

English:

Great Basket Star, Giant Basket Star 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order) > Gorgonocephalidae (Family) > Astrophyton (Genus) > muricatum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Panama, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

2 - 500 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

2.76" - 21.65" (7cm - 55cm) 

Temperature:

15,6 °F - 26,6 °F (15,6°C - 26,6°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Astrophyton muricatum
  Großes Gorgonenhaupt

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-04-13 19:55:35 

Last edit:

2026-04-13 19:26:33 

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