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Parvulastra exigua Dwarf cushion starfish, Five-armed Cushion Star. Rockpool star

Parvulastra exigua wird umgangssprachlich als Zwerg-Kissenseestern bezeichnet.

Profilbild Urheber Simon Grove, Australia

Parvulastra exigua,Coningham, Tasmania, Australia 2006_CC BY Simon Grove


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lexID:
11485 
AphiaID:
459556 
Scientific:
Parvulastra exigua 
German:
Zwerg-Kissenseestern 
English:
Dwarf Cushion Starfish, Five-armed Cushion Star. Rockpool Star 
Category:
Etoiles de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterinidae (Family) > Parvulastra (Genus) > exigua (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lamarck, ), 1816 
Occurrence:
Angola, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Australia, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), South Atlantic, South-Africa, Tasmania (Australia), The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands) 
Sea depth:
1 - 3 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1,0cm - 2,0cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Herbivorous 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-10-14 18:09:46 

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Parvulastra exigua (Lamarck, 1816)

Parvulastra exigua is a tiny flattened petagonal starfish. The arms poorly developed.Dorsal surface with plates,each with a cluster of knob-like spines.Colour uniformly khaki-green or orange,brown,green an white patterns.

Feed on micro-algal biofilms.

Synonyme:
Asterias exigua Lamarck, 1816
Asterias minuta de Blainville, 1834
Asterina exigua (Lamarck, 1816)
Asteriscus kraussi (Gray, 1840)
Patiriella exigua (Lamarck, 1816)

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Cushion stars Parvulastra exigua, Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, October 2015_CC BY Simon Grove
Parvulastra exigua,Kingston Beach, Tasmania, Australia 2010_CC BY Simon Grove
Parvulastra exigua,Coningham, Tasmania, Australia 2006_CC BY Simon Grove
Foto: Kurnell, New South Wales, Australien
Patiriella exigua (Dwarf cushion starfish)
Patiriella exigua (Dwarf cushion starfish)

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