Nardoa gomophia Bumpy Sea Star

Nardoa gomophia is commonly referred to as Bumpy Sea Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3448 

AphiaID:

368969 

Scientific:

Nardoa gomophia 

German:

Warzen-Seestern 

English:

Bumpy Sea Star 

Category:

Søstjerner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Nardoa (Genus) > gomophia (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Perrier, ), 1875 

Occurrence:

New Caledonia, Palau, South China Sea, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Supratidal (Supralitoral), spray water area (splash water area) above the tidal influence where the influence of the sea clearly outweighs that of the land. 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

5.91" - 9.84" (15cm - 25cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Nardoa frianti
  Friants Seestern
• 
  Nardoa galatheae
  Braunnetz-Seestern, Galatheas Seestern
• 
  Nardoa gomophia
  Warzen-Seestern
• Nardoa mamillifera
• 
  Nardoa novaecaledoniae
  Neukaledonien-Seestern, Geler Netzstern
• 
  Nardoa rosea
  Rosenseestern
• 
  Nardoa tuberculata
  Tuberkel Seestern
• Nardoa tumulosa
• 
  Nardoa variolata
  Variabler Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-12-13 19:14:40 

Last edit:

2025-12-28 20:02:10 

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