Lysastrosoma anthosticta Starfish

Lysastrosoma anthosticta is commonly referred to as Starfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7104 

AphiaID:

292866 

Scientific:

Lysastrosoma anthosticta 

German:

Seestern 

English:

Starfish 

Category:

Star Fishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Lysastrosoma (Genus) > anthosticta (Species) 

Initial determination:

Fisher, 1922 

Occurrence:

North Pacific (Ocean) 

Size:

1.97" - 7.87" (5cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 68 °F (10°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Clam meat, Clams, Sea Cucumbers, Sea squirts, Sea urchins, Starfishs 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Lysastrosoma anthosticta
  Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-05-03 09:30:56 

Last edit:

2014-05-03 09:30:56 

Info

Pictures

Commonly

2

2

1

Husbandry know-how of owners