Asterodiscides truncatus Firebrick Seastar

Asterodiscides truncatus is commonly referred to as Firebrick Seastar. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5050 

AphiaID:

291658 

Scientific:

Asterodiscides truncatus 

German:

Seestern 

English:

Firebrick Seastar 

Category:

Søstjerner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterodiscididae (Family) > Asterodiscides (Genus) > truncatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Coleman, ), 1911 

Occurrence:

Australia, New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands 

Sea depth:

14 - 792 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

53.6 °F - 80.6 °F (12°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Bryozoans (sea mats), Carrion, Detritus, Kelp, Seaweed 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Asterodiscides belli
• Asterodiscides bicornutus
• Asterodiscides cherbonnieri
• Asterodiscides crosnieri
• Asterodiscides culcitulus
• Asterodiscides elegans
• Asterodiscides fourmanoiri
• Asterodiscides grayi
• 
  Asterodiscides helonotus
  Seestern
• Asterodiscides japonicus
• Asterodiscides lacrimulus
• Asterodiscides macroplax
• Asterodiscides multispinus
• Asterodiscides pinguiculus
• Asterodiscides soleae
• Asterodiscides tessellatus
• 
  Asterodiscides truncatus
  Seestern
• Asterodiscides tuberculosus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-01-20 14:03:22 

Last edit:

2019-06-27 14:12:00 

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