Marthasterias glacialis Spiny starfish

Marthasterias glacialis is commonly referred to as Spiny starfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

1136 

AphiaID:

123803 

Scientific:

Marthasterias glacialis 

German:

Eisseestern 

English:

Spiny Starfish 

Category:

Star Fishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Marthasterias (Genus) > glacialis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, European Coasts, France, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, South-Africa, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa, Western Indian Ocean 

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 - 180 Meter 

Size:

13.78" - 27.56" (35cm - 70cm) 

Temperature:

62.6 °F - 77 °F (17°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Predatory, Sea anemones, Snails 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Marthasterias glacialis
  Eisseestern

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Marthasterias africana
  Dorniger Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-10-28 20:26:13 

Last edit:

2025-05-16 22:30:57 

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