Uniophora granifera Five-Armed Seastar, Rough Seastar, Granulated Seastar, Beaded Seastar

Uniophora granifera is commonly referred to as Five-Armed Seastar, Rough Seastar, Granulated Seastar, Beaded Seastar. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Simon Grove, Australia

Uniophora granifera,Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Australia 2008_CC BY Simon Grove

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lexID:: 11161
AphiaID:: 292860

Scientific:: Uniophora granifera
German:: Fünfarm Seestern, Perlen Seestern
English:: Five-Armed Seastar, Rough Seastar, Granulated Seastar, Beaded Seastar

Category:: Etoiles de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Stichasteridae (Family) > Uniophora (Genus) > granifera (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lamarck, ), 1816

Occurrence:: Australia, Bass Strait, Eastern Indian Ocean, Endemic species, Great Australian Bigh, New South Wales (Australia), Queensland (Australia), South Australia, South-Pazific, Tasmania (Australia), Victoria (Australia), Western Australia
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:: 0 - 143 Meter
Habitats:: Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils
Size:: 5.91" - 9.45" (15cm - 24cm)
Temperature:: 10,3 °F - 22,2 °F (10,3°C - 22,2°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Clams, Predatory, Sea squirts, Snails
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Uniophora dyscrita
Uniophora granifera
Fünfarm Seestern, Perlen Seestern
Uniophora nuda

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-10-24 16:08:26
Last edit:: 2024-10-15 20:21:20

Info

Uniophora granifera (Lamarck, 1816)

Uniophora granifera is an endemic species that lives in New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania.
The dermal surface is covered with many spines and different thick tubercles, the sea star has 5 short and stubby arms.

Preys on Australaria australasia (Perry, 1811) on a variety of habitats, often on sheltered rocky surfaces and areas.

Similar species: Asterias amurensis (Lutken, 1816)

Synonymised names
Asteracanthion graniferus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Asterias fungifera Perrier, 1875 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Shepherd (1967))
Asterias granifera Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted
Asterias sinusoida Perrier, 1875 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Shepherd (1967))
Uniophora fungifera (Perrier, 1875) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Shepherd (1967))
Uniophora globifera Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Shepherd (1967))
Uniophora multispina H.L. Clark, 1928 · unaccepted
Uniophora obesa H.L. Clark, 1928 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Shepherd (1967))
Uniophora sinusoida (Perrier, 1875) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Shepherd (1967))
Uniophora uniserialis H.L. Clark, 1928 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Shepherd (1967))

External links

Atlas of Living Australia (en). Abgerufen am 19.09.2020.
Marine invertebrates of temperate Australia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Reef Life Survey (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Solitary Island Underwater Research Group (SURG) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Uniophora granifera,Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Australia 2008_CC BY Simon Grove

Foto: Bare Island, Sydney, New South Wales, Australien

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