Coscinasterias calamaria Eleven-armed sea star

Coscinasterias calamaria is commonly referred to as Eleven-armed sea star. Difficulty in the aquarium: не подходит для аквариума!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 8839
AphiaID:: 178787

Scientific:: Coscinasterias calamaria
German:: Elf-Arm Seestern
English:: Eleven-armed Sea Star

Category:: Морские Звёзды

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Coscinasterias (Genus) > calamaria (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gray, ), 1840

Occurrence:: Angola, Australia, East Africa, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Mauritius, New Zealand, South-Africa, Tasmania (Australia)
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 9.84" - 11.81" (25cm - 30cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Clams, Snails, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: не подходит для аквариума!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-10-08 19:45:46
Last edit:: 2020-01-22 16:00:23

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Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840)

Coscinasterias calamaria is commonly known as eleven-armed sea star.The number of arms can be between seven and fourteen, but eleven is the most common number.

Coscinasterias calamaria has pincer-like pedicellariae,which gives it a prickly appearance.

This starfish feeds on the blue mussel Mytilus edulis and other benthic invertebrates.It seldom feeds on the Haliotis rubra.

Synonym:
Asteracanthion calamaria
Asterias calamaria
Asterias jehennesi
Coscinasterias (Stolasterias) calamaria
Coscinasterias jehennesi

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Coscinasterias (Genus) > Coscinasterias calamaria (Species)

External links

Homepage Dr. Paddy Ryan (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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