Patiria chilensis Chilean bat star

Patiria chilensis is commonly referred to as Chilean bat star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Leslie Harris, USA

Patiria chilensis, Ilo, Peru 2022

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lexID:: 11135
AphiaID:: 382124

Scientific:: Patiria chilensis
German:: Chile-Seestern
English:: Chilean Bat Star

Category:: Star Fishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterinidae (Family) > Patiria (Genus) > chilensis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lutken, ), 1859

Occurrence:: Chile, Peru, South America
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:: 0 - 24 Meter
Size:: up to 1.97" (5 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 59 °F (°C - 15°C)
Food:: Detritus, Predatory, Snails
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:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-10-17 16:31:02
Last edit:: 2023-04-29 18:16:07

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Patiria chilensis (Lutken, 1859)

Patiria chilensis is a species of starfish in the family Asterinidae. It is found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean along the coasts of South America. It is a broadly pentagonal, cushion-like starfish with five short arms.

Patiria chilensis is an epibiotic species found on hard bottoms and holdfasts of Lessonia nigrescens (kelp) in intertidal areas to 20 m in depth. It feeds on mollusks and detritus.

Synonyms:
Asterina chilensis Lutken, 1859
Asterina gayi Perrier, 1875
Asteriscus chilensis Lutken, 1859
Patiria gayi (Perrier, 1876)

External links

SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 29.04.2023.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Patiria chilensis, Vicinity of Il0, Peru 2022

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