Stichastrella rosea starfish

Stichastrella rosea is commonly referred to as starfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

Stichastrella rosea (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz

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lexID:: 6226
AphiaID:: 123813

Scientific:: Stichastrella rosea
German:: Sonnenblumenseestern
English:: Starfish

Category:: Star Fishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Stichasteridae (Family) > Stichastrella (Genus) > rosea (Species)
Initial determination:: (O.F. Müller, ), 1776

Occurrence:: the North Sea, European Coasts, North Pacific (Ocean), Scandinavia, the British Isles
Size:: up to 5.91" (15 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 69.8 °F (°C - 21°C)
Tank:: 219.98 gal (~ 1000L)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Stichastrella ambigua
Stichastrella rosea
Sonnenblumenseestern

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-10-16 15:58:39
Last edit:: 2013-10-16 15:58:39

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Stichastrella rosea (O.F. Müller, 1776)

This starfish has five long stiff tapering arms with a regular linear pattern of rounded plates on the dorsal surface. Up to 15cm across.

Synonymised taxa:
Asteracanthion rosea Müller & Troschel, 1842
Asterias rosea O.F. Müller, 1776 (Basionym)
Chaetaster hermanni Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonym according to Doderlein in Jangoux (1986))
Cribrella rosea Forbes, 1841
Linckia rosea Thompson, 1840
Stichaster arcticus Danielssen & Koren, 1884 (synonym)
Stichaster roseus M. Sars, 1861

External links

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz auf Medslugs (multi) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Stichastrella rosea (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz

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