Tropiometra carinata Elegant feather star,Black and White Sea Lily

Tropiometra carinata is commonly referred to as Elegant feather star,Black and White Sea Lily. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Tropiometra carinata (Elegant feather star),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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AphiaID:: 213331

Scientific:: Tropiometra carinata
German:: Eleganter Federstern, Eleganter Haarstern
English:: Elegant Feather Star,Black And White Sea Lily

Category:: Hårstjärnor

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Comatulida (Order) > Tropiometridae (Family) > Tropiometra (Genus) > carinata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lamarck, ), 1816

Occurrence:: Barbados, Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Africa, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Pakistan, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, South-Africa, Tansania, the Caribbean, the Seychelles, Venezuela, Western Indian Ocean
Sea depth:: Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 5.31" - 7.09" (13.5cm - 18cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton
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:

Tropiometra carinata
Eleganter Federstern, Eleganter Haarstern

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-03-19 13:43:51
Last edit:: 2025-02-27 13:35:28

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Tropiometra carinata (Lamarck, 1816)

Feather stars are filterfeeder. Tropiometra carinata can swim it when disturb. Its arms to 18,0 cm,usually no more than 13,5 cm long.

Commensal organisms such as the myzostomid worm Myzostoma fuscomaculatum and the crinoid shrimp Hippolyte catagrapha are found on Tropiometra carinata.

Synonymised names
Antedon brasiliensis Carpenter, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Antedon capensis Bell, 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
Antedon carinata (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (synonym)
Comatula carinata Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (basionym)
Comatula picta Gay, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tropiometra audouini AH Clark, 1911 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tropiometra carinata audouini (AH Clark, 1911) · unaccepted (synonym)
Tropiometra carinata carinata (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (synonym)
Tropiometra carinata clarki (Gislén, 1938) · unaccepted (synonym)
Tropiometra carinata indica (AH Clark, 1912) · unaccepted (synonym)
Tropiometra clarki Gislén, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tropiometra encrinus AH Clark, 1911 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tropiometra indica AH Clark, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tropiometra picta (Gay, 1854) · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (4)
Subspecies Tropiometra carinata audouini (AH Clark, 1911) accepted as Tropiometra carinata (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym)
Subspecies Tropiometra carinata carinata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Tropiometra carinata (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym)
Subspecies Tropiometra carinata clarki (Gislén, 1938) accepted as Tropiometra carinata (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym)
Subspecies Tropiometra carinata indica (AH Clark, 1912) accepted as Tropiometra carinata (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym)

External links

Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Tropiometra carinata (Elegant feather star),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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