Gorgonocephalus arcticus Northern Basket Star

Gorgonocephalus arcticus is commonly referred to as Northern Basket Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7642 

AphiaID:

124966 

Scientific:

Gorgonocephalus arcticus 

German:

Nördliches Gorgonenhaupt 

English:

Northern Basket Star 

Category:

 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Leach, 1819 

Occurrence:

Arctic (North Polar Sea), Barents Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, Corea, Gulf of Mexico, Labrador Península, Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, South Shetlands Island , Spitsbergen /Svalbard, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean, White Sea 

Sea depth:

5 - 1993 Meter 

Habitats:

On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

5.91" - 23.62" (15cm - 60cm) 

Temperature:

32 °F - 21,0 °F (0°C - 21,0°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Filter feeder, Fish (little fishes), Zooplankton 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

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:

• 
  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:

2014-10-19 14:46:37 

Last edit:

2025-07-12 14:20:58 

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