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Anasterias antarctica Cinderella starfish

Anasterias antarctica is commonly referred to as Cinderella starfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Anasterias antarctica, King George Island,Antarctica, 2010


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lexID:
13366 
AphiaID:
178786 
Scientific:
Anasterias antarctica 
German:
Cinderella Seestern 
English:
Cinderella Starfish 
Category:
Søstjerner 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Anasterias (Genus) > antarctica (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lütken, ), 1857 
Occurrence:
Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, South Atlantic, South-Pazific, the Falkland Islands 
Sea depth:
1 - 769,5 Meter 
Size:
9,6 cm 
Temperature:
-1,9 °F - 9,6 °F (-1,9°C - 9,6°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Predatory, Snails 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Anasterias antarctica
    Cinderella Seestern
  • Anasterias antipodum
  • Anasterias asterinoides
  • Anasterias directa
  • Anasterias laevigata
  • Anasterias mawsoni
  • Anasterias pedicellaris
  • Anasterias perrieri
  • Anasterias rupicola
  • Anasterias sphoerulata
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-11-15 13:37:24 

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Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857)

Anasterias antarctica is a species of echinoderms in the family Asteriidae. It is a carnivore. It has sexual reproduction. This sea star is an coldwater species.

There is some seasonal vertical migration of this species, with larger individuals being found at greater depths and smaller individuals seldom being deeper than 10 m in winter.

Synonymised names:
Anasterias minuta Perrier, 1875
Asteracanthion antarcticus Lütken, 1857 (original combination)
Asterias antarctica Studer, 1884 (Synonym and homonym according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992))
Asterias cunninghami Perrier, 1875 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Asterias hyadesi Perrier, 1886 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Asterias rugispina Stimpson, 1862 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Eremasterias antarctica (Koehler, 1917) (Eremasterias is a synonym of Anasterias according to A.M. Clark (1962))
Sporasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857)
Sporasterias rugispina Perrier, 1896 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))

External links

  1. Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) (en). Abgerufen am 15.11.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 15.11.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 15.11.2020.

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Anasterias antarctica, King George Island,Antarctica, 2010

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