Luidia armata Mosaic sand star

Luidia armata is commonly referred to as Mosaic sand star. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Foto: Anacapa Island, Kalifornien, USA, Ost-Pazifik

/ 15 Januar 2023
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Scientific:: Luidia armata
German:: Mosaik-Sandstern
English:: Mosaic Sand Star

Category:: Etoiles de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Paxillosida (Order) > Luidiidae (Family) > Luidia (Genus) > armata (Species)
Initial determination:: Ludwig, 1905

Occurrence:: Cocos Island (Costa Rica), California, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama
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:: - 95 Meter
Size:: up to 19.69" (50 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 84.2 °F (22°C - 29°C)
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:

Luidia alternata
Luidia amurensis
Luidia armata
Mosaik-Sandstern
Luidia aspera
Luidia asthenosoma
Luidia atlantidea
Seestern
Luidia australiae
Südlicher Sand-Stern
Luidia avicularia
Luidia barbadensis
Luidia bellonae
Luidia changi
Luidia ciliaris
Siebenarmiger Seestern
Luidia clathrata
Luidia columbia
Luidia denudata
Luidia difficilis
Luidia ferruginea
Luidia foliolata
Luidia gymnochora
Luidia hardwicki
Luidia herdmani
Acht-Armiger Kammseestern
Luidia heterozona
Luidia hexactis
Luidia inarmata
Luidia integra
Luidia latiradiata
Luidia lawrencei
Luidia longispina
Luidia ludwigi
Luidia maculata
Luidia magellanica
Luidia magnifica
Prachtstern
Luidia mauritiensis
Luidia neozelanica
Luidia orientalis
Luidia patriae
Luidia penangensis
Luidia phragma
Luidia porteri
Luidia prionota
Luidia quinaria
Luidia sagamina
Luidia sarsii
Luidia savignyi
Luidia senegalensis
Neunarmiger-Seestern
Luidia sibogae
Luidia superba
Luidia tessellata
Luidia yesoensis

More related species in this lexicon:

Luidia alternata numidica
Seestern

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-01-22 19:40:14
Last edit:: 2023-01-27 18:59:00

Info

The body of this large starfish is speckled with white, purple and light brown spots.
The number of arms is five, sometimes the starfish loses one or the other arm due to hungry predators, but the severed arms grow back.

Defining characteristics of Luidia armata:
- Long brittle arms
- No true central body disc
- Easily recognizable madreporite
- Body with velvety texture
- No dorsal spines
- Lateral spines short
- Arms clearly cleft
- Pedicellaria present
- Lateral spines restricted to oral margin of ray and absent at tips
- Body structure solid

External links

Asteroidea / by Hubert Ludwig, Seite 85 - 88 (en). Abgerufen am 22.01.2023.
Erstbeschreibung Seite 85ff (de). Abgerufen am 26.01.2023.

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Foto: Anacapa Island, Kalifornien, USA, Ost-Pazifik

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