Solaster endeca Northern Sun Star

Solaster endeca is commonly referred to as Northern Sun Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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lexID:: 2129
AphiaID:: 124160

Scientific:: Solaster endeca
German:: Nördlicher Sonnenstern
English:: Northern Sun Star

Category:: Etoiles de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Solasteridae (Family) > Solaster (Genus) > endeca (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1771

Occurrence:: Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, Greenland, the British Isles, USA
Marine Zone:: Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones.
Sea depth:: 0 - 475 Meter
Habitats:: Gravel soil, Gravel soils, Rubble rocks, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds
Size:: 7.87" - 15.75" (20cm - 40cm)
Temperature:: 0,9 °F - 51.8 °F (0,9°C - 11°C)
Food:: Bryozoans (sea mats), Carnivore, Invertebrates, Predatory, Sea Cucumbers, Sea squirts, Starfishs
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Solaster abyssicola
Solaster benedicti
Solaster caribbaeus
Solaster dawsoni
Morgen-Sonnenstern
Solaster earlli
Solaster endeca
Nördlicher Sonnenstern
Solaster exiguus
Solaster glacialis
Solaster haliplous
Solaster hexactis
Solaster hypothrissus
Solaster intermedius
Solaster longoi
Solaster notophrynus
Solaster pacificus
Solaster paxillatus
Solaster regularis
Solaster spectabilis
Solaster stimpsoni
Stimpsons-Sonnenstern, gestreifter Sonnenstern
Solaster syrtensis
Solaster torulatus
Solaster tropicus
Solaster uchidai

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2007-01-29 20:55:26
Last edit:: 2024-07-06 17:15:04

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Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771)

Synonymised names:
Asterias alboverrucosa Brandt, 1835 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
Asterias aspera O.F. Müller, 1776 (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Asterias endeca Linnaeus, 1771 (synonym)
Asterias rumphii Parelius, 1768 (synonym)
Solaster endeca decemradiata Sladen, 1889 (synonym)
Solaster galaxides Verrill, 1909 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
Solaster intermedius Sluiter, 1895 (synonym according to (Engel, 1935))
Stellonia endeca L. Agassiz, 1836

Direct children (2):
Subspecies Solaster endeca decemradiata Sladen, 1889 accepted as Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771) (synonym)
Subspecies Solaster endeca pacificus Djakonov, 1938 accepted as Solaster pacificus Djakonov, 1938 (Raised to species by Djakonov (1950).)

External links

sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 06.07.2024.

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus Norwegen

Solaster endeca,Mount Waddington, BC, Canada 2023

Solaster endeca, West of Point Glover 2021

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