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Aquilonastra corallicola Coral-Dwelling Seastar

Aquilonastra corallicola is commonly referred to as Coral-Dwelling Seastar. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
14146 
AphiaID:
459526 
Scientific:
Aquilonastra corallicola 
German:
Korallenbewohnender Gänsefuß-Seestern 
English:
Coral-Dwelling Seastar 
Category:
Etoiles de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterinidae (Family) > Aquilonastra (Genus) > corallicola (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Marsh, ), 1977 
Occurrence:
Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indonesia, Israel, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Singapore, Sulawesi, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
0 - 32 Meter 
Size:
1,6 cm 
Food:
Coral polyps = corallivorous 
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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-04-07 16:36:11 

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Aquilonastra corallicola (Marsh, 1977)

Type locality: W Pacific Ocean, Caroline Is., Palau

The colour of this cussion star is mottled red and yellow.

This Coral-Dwelling Seastar were observed to be feeding on Acropora echinata at 10m.

Synonym: Asterina corallicola Marsh, 1977

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