Culcita schmideliana Spiny Cushion Starfish, Cushion Star

Culcita schmideliana is commonly referred to as Spiny Cushion Starfish, Cushion Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2234 

AphiaID:

212295 

Scientific:

Culcita schmideliana 

German:

Nadelkissen Seestern, Stachelkissenstern 

English:

Spiny Cushion Starfish, Cushion Star 

Category:

Sjöstjärnor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Oreasteridae (Family) > Culcita (Genus) > schmideliana (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bruzelius, ), 1805 

Occurrence:

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, (the) Maldives, Aldabra Group, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Comores, East Africa, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Kenya, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Red Sea, Somalia, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean, Zanzibar 

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 - 21 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Coral reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

77 °F - 28,7 °F (25°C - 28,7°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Sponges 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

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:

• Culcita coniifolia
• Culcita coriacea
• Culcita macrocarpa
• 
  Culcita novaeguineae
  Großer Kissenseestern, Östlicher Kissen-Seestern, Neuguinea-Kissenstern
• 
  Culcita schmideliana
  Nadelkissen Seestern, Stachelkissenstern

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Culcita sp.
  Kissen-Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-05-17 16:18:30 

Last edit:

2025-09-03 20:50:00 

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