Luidia ciliaris seven armed starfish

Luidia ciliaris is commonly referred to as seven armed starfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6068 

AphiaID:

123920 

Scientific:

Luidia ciliaris 

German:

Siebenarmiger Seestern 

English:

Seven Armed Starfish 

Category:

Søstjerner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Paxillosida (Order) > Luidiidae (Family) > Luidia (Genus) > ciliaris (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Philippi, ), 1837 

Occurrence:

Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Madeira, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Faroe Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Starfishs 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Luidia alternata
• Luidia amurensis
• 
  Luidia armata
  Mosaik-Sandstern
• Luidia aspera
• Luidia asthenosoma
• 
  Luidia atlantidea
  Seestern
• 
  Luidia australiae
  Südlicher Sand-Stern
• Luidia avicularia
• Luidia barbadensis
• Luidia bellonae
• Luidia changi
• 
  Luidia ciliaris
  Siebenarmiger Seestern
• Luidia clathrata
• Luidia columbia
• Luidia denudata
• Luidia difficilis
• Luidia ferruginea
• Luidia foliolata
• Luidia gymnochora
• Luidia hardwicki
• 
  Luidia herdmani
  Acht-Armiger Kammseestern
• Luidia heterozona
• Luidia hexactis
• Luidia inarmata
• Luidia integra
• Luidia latiradiata
• Luidia lawrencei
• Luidia longispina
• Luidia ludwigi
• Luidia maculata
• Luidia magellanica
• 
  Luidia magnifica
  Prachtstern
• Luidia mauritiensis
• Luidia neozelanica
• Luidia orientalis
• Luidia patriae
• Luidia penangensis
• Luidia phragma
• Luidia porteri
• Luidia prionota
• Luidia quinaria
• Luidia sagamina
• Luidia sarsii
• Luidia savignyi
• 
  Luidia senegalensis
  Neunarmiger-Seestern
• Luidia sibogae
• Luidia superba
• Luidia tessellata
• Luidia yesoensis
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Luidia alternata numidica
  Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-17 15:07:14 

Last edit:

2013-09-17 15:07:14 

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