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Fromia heffernani Heffernan's Sea Star, Pebbled Sea Star

Fromia heffernani is commonly referred to as Heffernan's Sea Star, Pebbled Sea Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
7698 
AphiaID:
993013 
Scientific:
Fromia heffernani 
German:
Heffernan's Seestern, Perlen-Seestern 
English:
Heffernan's Sea Star, Pebbled Sea Star 
Category:
Søstjerner 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Fromia (Genus) > heffernani (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Livingstone, ), 1931 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Australia, Bali, Caroline Island, Christmas Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Lembeh Strait, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Vanuatu, Western Australia, Western Pacific 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:
3 - 45 Meter 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
77 °F - 84.2 °F (25°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Clams, Detritus, Snails, Worms 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-06-01 17:34:31 

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Fromia heffernani (Livingstone, 1931)

This sea star is widespread throughout the Indp-Pacific.

Very similar is Fromia monilis, but Fromia heffernani have short spikes on both side of the arms.

Host of Sipadania celerinae Humes & Lane, 1993 Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Stage: adult

Synonymised names
Celerina heffernani (Livingstone, 1931)
Ferdina heffernanii Livingstone, 1931

External links

  1. Fromia heffernani ( Livingstone 1931 ) (en). Abgerufen am 01.06.2025.
  2. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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