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Comanthus wahlbergii Common feather star

Comanthus wahlbergii is commonly referred to as Common feather star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

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lexID:
9378 
AphiaID:
213327 
Scientific:
Comanthus wahlbergii 
German:
Haarstern 
English:
Common Feather Star 
Category:
Hårstjärnor 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidae (Family) > Comanthus (Genus) > wahlbergii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Müller, ), 1843 
Occurrence:
Australia, East Africa, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Somalia, South-Africa, the Seychelles, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
up to 3.15" (8 cm) 
Temperature:
64.4 °F - 82.4 °F (18°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-05 13:33:51 

Info

Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843)
Comanthus wahlbergii has a general distribution through the tropical Indo-west Pacific Ocean to 1-103 m dephts.

The colour is highly variable from white to pink,blue or orange.
Comanthus wahlbergii has 10-20 arms. Arms length up to 8,0 cm.The Common feather star is a suspension feeder.

Synonyms:
Actinometra simplex Carpenter, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Actinometra trachygaster Schmeltz, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alecto wahlbergii Müller, 1843 · unaccepted (basionym)
Cenolia (Cenolia) samoana (AH Clark, 1909) · unaccepted (synonym)
Cenolia (Cenolia) wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus (Comanthus) samoana AH Clark, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus samoanus (AH Clark, 1909) · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) · unaccepted (alternative spelling)
Comanthus wahlbergi serratus (Gislén, 1938) · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus wahlbergi tenuibrachia AM Clark, 1972 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus wahlbergi wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus wahlbergii multibrachia Gislén, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus wahlbergii serratus (Gislén, 1938) · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus wahlbergii tenuibrachia AM Clark, 1972 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus wahlbergii wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) · unaccepted (synonym)
Comatula orientalis AH Clark, 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comissia ignota AH Clark, 1911 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comissia serrata Gislén, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)
Commissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912 · unaccepted
Commissia ignota AH Clark, 1911 · unaccepted

External links

  1. Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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De Peter Southwood - Trabajo propio, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26298875
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Comanthus wahlbergi (Common feather star),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Comanthus wahlbergi (Common feather star),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Comanthus wahlbergi (Common feather star),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Comanthus wahlbergi (Common feather star),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Comanthus wahlbergi (Common feather star),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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