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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Foto: Eilat, Israel, Golf von Aqaba, Rotes Meer

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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:

Aquilonastra alisonae
Aquilonastra anomala
Korallen-Gänsefuß-Seestern
Aquilonastra batheri
Aquilonastra burtoni
Gänsefuß-Seestern
Aquilonastra byrneae
Aquilonastra cassini
Aquilonastra cepheus
Gänsefuß-Seestern
Aquilonastra chantalae
Aquilonastra colemani
Colemans Aquilonastra, Gänsefuß-Seestern
Aquilonastra conandae
Gänsefuß-Seestern
Aquilonastra corallicola
Korallenbewohnender Gänsefuß-Seestern
Aquilonastra coronata
Kronen Gänsefuß-Seestern
Aquilonastra doranae
Aquilonastra halseyae
Aquilonastra iranica
Aquilonastra limboonkengi
Aquilonastra marshae
Aquilonastra minor
Aquilonastra moosleitneri
Gänsefuß-Seestern
Aquilonastra oharai
Aquilonastra richmondi
Richmonds Gänsefuß-Seestern
Aquilonastra rosea
Aquilonastra rowleyi
Aquilonastra samyni
Gänsefuß-Seestern
Aquilonastra scobinata
Aquilonastra shirleyae
Aquilonastra watersi
Aquilonastra yairi

More related species in this lexicon:

Aquilonastra sp.01
Gänsefuß-Seestern

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-09-30 21:31:49
Last edit:: 2023-04-07 16:36:11

Info

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

External links

A systematic revision of the asterinid genus Aquilonastra OʼLoughlin, 2004 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), Seite 273 (en). Abgerufen am 30.09.2021.
Coral Reef Asteroids of Palau, Caroline Islands (en). Abgerufen am 30.09.2021.
Distribution and reproduction of intertidal species of Aquilonastra and Cryptasterina (Asterinidae) from One Tree Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef (en). Abgerufen am 30.09.2021.
Flickr Homepage Rafi Amar (en). Abgerufen am 30.09.2021.
Rates of fission in Aquilonastra corallicola Marsh (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) as affected by population density (en). Abgerufen am 30.09.2021.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 30.09.2021.

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Foto: Eilat, Israel, Golf von Aqaba, Rotes Meer

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