Callopatiria formosa Beautiful Sea Star

Callopatiria formosa is commonly referred to as Beautiful Sea 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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lexID:

17270 

AphiaID:

177967 

Scientific:

Callopatiria formosa 

German:

Schöner Seestern 

English:

Beautiful Sea Star 

Category:

Etoiles de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterinidae (Family) > Callopatiria (Genus) > formosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Mortensen, ), 1933 

Occurrence:

Angola, South-Africa 

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:

1 - 82 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

6,0 cm 

Temperature:

14,9 °F - 21,5 °F (14,9°C - 21,5°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Callopatiria cabrinovici
• 
  Callopatiria formosa
  Schöner Seestern
• 
  Callopatiria granifera
  Roter Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-02-27 20:23:51 

Last edit:

2025-02-27 20:33:58 

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