Pentaceraster alveolatus Horned Seastar

Pentaceraster alveolatus is commonly referred to as Horned Seastar. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3564 

AphiaID:

370898 

Scientific:

Pentaceraster alveolatus 

German:

Walzen-Seestern 

English:

Horned Seastar 

Category:

Sjöstjärnor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Oreasteridae (Family) > Pentaceraster (Genus) > alveolatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Perrier, ), 1875 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, New Caledonia, North Pacific (Ocean), Philippines, South-Pazific, Thailand, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 60 Meter 

Size:

up to 15.75" (40 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 77 °F (23°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Carrion, Detritus, omnivore 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pentaceraster affinis
• 
  Pentaceraster alveolatus
  Walzen-Seestern
• Pentaceraster chinensis
• 
  Pentaceraster cumingi
  Panamaischer Noppenseestern
• Pentaceraster decipiens
• Pentaceraster gracilis
• Pentaceraster horridus
• Pentaceraster magnificus
• 
  Pentaceraster mammillatus
  Grüner Noppen-Seestern
• Pentaceraster multispinus
• 
  Pentaceraster regulus
  Noppen Seestern
• Pentaceraster sibogae
• 
  Pentaceraster tuberculatus
  Grauer Noppen-Seestern
• Pentaceraster westermanni
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pentaceraster sp. 01
  Noppen - Walzen-Seestern
• 
  Pentaceraster sp. 02
  
• 
  Pentaceraster sp. 04
  

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-02-22 09:03:04 

Last edit:

2023-08-13 20:28:08 

Info

Pictures

Commonly

1

Husbandry know-how of owners

Vad är detta?

The following is an overview of "what's that?" Entries that have been successfully determined and assigned to this entry. A look at the entertainments there is certainly interesting.