Leiaster coriaceus Leathery Sea Star

Leiaster coriaceus is commonly referred to as Leathery Sea Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

710 

AphiaID:

213309 

Scientific:

Leiaster coriaceus 

German:

Ledriger Seestern, Rotflecken-Seestern 

English:

Leathery Sea Star 

Category:

Søstjerner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Leiaster (Genus) > coriaceus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Peters, 1852 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Aldabra Group, Australia, China, East Africa, Great Barrier Reef, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Panama, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, South-Pazific, Tansania, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

10 - 102 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Continental shelf, Gravel soil, Lagoons, Landward facing reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandbanks, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Invertebrates 

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:

• 
  Leiaster coriaceus
  Ledriger Seestern, Rotflecken-Seestern
• 
  Leiaster glaber
  Roter Samt-Seestern
• 
  Leiaster leachi
  Leachs Seestern
• 
  Leiaster speciosus
  Samt-Seestern
• 
  Leiaster teres
  Seestern

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Leiaster sp. 01
  Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-15 22:56:43 

Last edit:

2024-06-13 19:44:46 

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