Tamaria tenella Star Fish, Sea Star

Tamaria tenella is commonly referred to as Star Fish, Sea Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 15871
AphiaID:: 291678

Scientific:: Tamaria tenella
German:: Seestern
English:: Star Fish, Sea Star

Category:: Star Fishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Tamaria (Genus) > tenella (Species)
Initial determination:: (Fisher, ), 1906

Occurrence:: Japan, Ogasawara Islands, South China Sea
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:: 56.6 - 137 Meter
Food:: omnivore
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Tamaria dubiosa
Tamaria floridae
Tamaria fusca
Tamaria giffordensis
Tamaria halperni
Tamaria hirsuta
Tamaria lithosora
Tamaria marmorata
Tamaria megaloplax
Großplatten Seestern
Tamaria obstipa
Tamaria ornata
Tamaria passiflora
Tamaria pusilla
Tamaria scleroderma
Tamaria stria
Tamaria tenella
Seestern
Tamaria triseriata
Tamaria tumescens

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-08-13 17:20:12
Last edit:: 2023-08-17 13:38:14

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The starfish Tamaria tenella will probably be seen by very few people, which is due to the deep distribution of the animal.

The color of living starfish is unknown, the existing ethanol specimens show brown cross bands on the arms with darker papular areas and cross lines between the plates on the abacterial surface.

The animal will certainly not enter the trade and should live where it is native to the deep oceans.

External links

Sea Stars of Families Ophidiasteridae and Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from the Mesophotic Zone of the Ogasawara Islands, Including Two New Species (en). Abgerufen am 13.08.2023.
Sea Stars of Families Ophidiasteridae and Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from the Mesophotic Zone of the Ogasawara Islands, Including Two New Species (en). Abgerufen am 13.08.2023.
Tamaria tenella ( Fisher, 1906 ) (en). Abgerufen am 13.08.2023.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 13.08.2023.

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