Colobometra perspinosa Spinose Feather Star

Colobometra perspinosa is commonly referred to as Spinose Feather 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:: 4832
AphiaID:: 711357

Scientific:: Colobometra perspinosa
German:: Federstern
English:: Spinose Feather Star

Category:: Søfjer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Comatulida (Order) > Colobometridae (Family) > Colobometra (Genus) > perspinosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Carpenter, ), 1881

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Arafura Sea, Banda Sea, Bismarck Archipelago, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Northern Territory (Australia), Philippines, Queensland (Australia), South China Sea, South-Pazific, Sulu Sea , Tasman Sea, Timor Sea
Sea depth:: 0 - 122 Meter
Size:: up to 15.75" (40 cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Phytoplankton, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton
Tank:: 109.99 gal (~ 500L)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown