Gorgonocephalus eucnemis Common Basket Star

Gorgonocephalus eucnemis is commonly referred to as Common Basket Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17597 

AphiaID:

124969 

Scientific:

Gorgonocephalus eucnemis 

German:

Gewöhnliches Gorgonenhaupt 

English:

Common Basket Star 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order) > Gorgonocephalidae (Family) > Gorgonocephalus (Genus) > eucnemis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Müller & Troschel, ), 1842 

Occurrence:

Zirkumpolar, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), Bering Sea, British Columbia, California, Canada Western Atlantic, Eastern Pacific Ocean, European Coasts, Japan, North-West-Atlantic, the Faroe Islands, USA 

Sea depth:

8 - 2000 Meter 

Habitats:

Muddy grounds, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

11.81" - 19.69" (30cm - 50cm) 

Food:

Carnivore, Copepods, Detritus, Fether stars, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Gorgonocephalus arcticus
  Nördliches Gorgonenhaupt
• Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae
• Gorgonocephalus chilensis
• Gorgonocephalus diomedeae
• Gorgonocephalus dolichodactylus
• 
  Gorgonocephalus eucnemis
  Gewöhnliches Gorgonenhaupt
• Gorgonocephalus lamarckii
• Gorgonocephalus pustulatum
• Gorgonocephalus sundanus
• Gorgonocephalus tuberosus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-07-12 14:28:28 

Last edit:

2025-07-12 14:49:53 

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