Aphelasterias japonica Japan Starfish

Aphelasterias japonica is commonly referred to as Japan Starfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7103 

AphiaID:

378819 

Scientific:

Aphelasterias japonica 

German:

Japanischer Seestern 

English:

Japan Starfish 

Category:

Søstjerner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Aphelasterias (Genus) > japonica (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bell, ), 1881 

Occurrence:

Japan, North Pacific (Ocean) 

Size:

1.97" - 11.81" (5cm - 30cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 68 °F (10°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Clam meat, Clams, Sea Cucumbers, Sea squirts, Sea urchins, Starfishs 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Aphelasterias changfengyingi
• 
  Aphelasterias japonica
  Japanischer Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-05-03 09:19:09 

Last edit:

2014-05-03 09:19:09 

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