Solaster dawsoni morning sun star

Solaster dawsoni is commonly referred to as morning sun star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6328 

AphiaID:

292720 

Scientific:

Solaster dawsoni 

German:

Morgen-Sonnenstern 

English:

Morning Sun Star 

Category:

Star Fishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Solasteridae (Family) > Solaster (Genus) > dawsoni (Species) 

Initial determination:

Verrill, 1880 

Occurrence:

Alaska (Western Atlantic), Aleutian Islands, Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, North Pacific (Ocean), USA 

Size:

up to 15.75" (40 cm) 

Temperature:

41 °F - 68 °F (5°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Clams, omnivore, Predatory, Sea urchins, Snails, Starfishs 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Solaster abyssicola
• Solaster benedicti
• Solaster caribbaeus
• 
  Solaster dawsoni
  Morgen-Sonnenstern
• Solaster earlli
• 
  Solaster endeca
  Nördlicher Sonnenstern
• Solaster exiguus
• Solaster glacialis
• Solaster haliplous
• Solaster hexactis
• Solaster hypothrissus
• Solaster intermedius
• Solaster longoi
• Solaster notophrynus
• Solaster pacificus
• Solaster paxillatus
• Solaster regularis
• Solaster spectabilis
• 
  Solaster stimpsoni
  Stimpsons-Sonnenstern, gestreifter Sonnenstern
• Solaster syrtensis
• Solaster torulatus
• Solaster tropicus
• Solaster uchidai
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-11-02 10:27:34 

Last edit:

2017-04-11 06:02:36 

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