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Glabraster antarctica red spiny cushion star

Glabraster antarctica is commonly referred to as red spiny cushion star. Difficulty in the aquarium: не подходит для аквариума!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Glabraster antarctica, Copyright Dr.Dirk Schories


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lexID:
8586 
AphiaID:
178005 
Scientific:
Glabraster antarctica 
German:
Kissenseestern 
English:
Red Spiny Cushion Star 
Category:
Морские Звёзды 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Poraniidae (Family) > Glabraster (Genus) > antarctica (Species) 
Initial determination:
(E. A. Smith, ), 1876 
Occurrence:
Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, Indian Ocean, Kerguelen Islands, Macquarie Island, South Atlantic, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetlands Island , South-Pazific, Terre Adélie, the Falkland Islands 
Sea depth:
0 - 900 Meter 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
-2,0 °F - 6,9 °F (-2,0°C - 6,9°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Carrion, Detritus, omnivore, Sediment feeder, Suspension feeder, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
не подходит для аквариума! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-04-06 18:15:07 

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Glabraster antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1876)

Glabraster antarctica have 5 short arms.The colour is highly variable and can be white, scarlet, pink, red-purple, reddish orange, dark-orange, bluish-white, purplish-white, bluish-grey, yellowish white and grey (with bright or darker colloration).

Adult species have dorsal spines or
tubercles (not so distinct in some specimens).

This cushion star was found intertidal to 3.200 m on various substrates. Glabraster antarctica feeds on small organisms, diatoms, detritus and is also a scavenger.

Synonyms:
Astrogonium fonki
Glabraster antarctica antarctica
Glabraster antarctica glaber
Glabraster antarctica magellanica
Glabraster magellanica
Porania (Porania) armata
Porania antarctica
Porania armata
Porania glaber
Porania magellanica
Porania magellanica spiculata
Porania patagonica
Porania spiculata

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Poraniidae (Family) > Glabraster (Genus) > Glabraster antarctica (Species)

External links

  1. Antarctic Invertebrates (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Guiamarina.com (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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