Echinaster (Othilia) sentus Red Spiny Starfish

Echinaster (Othilia) sentusis commonly referred to as Red Spiny Starfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA

Spiny Sea Star, Echinaster sentus 2022

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AphiaID:: 178752

Scientific:: Echinaster (Othilia) sentus
German:: Roter Dornenseestern
English:: Red Spiny Starfish

Category:: Star Fishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Spinulosida (Order) > Echinasteridae (Family) > Echinaster (Genus) > (Othilia) sentus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Say, ), 1825

Occurrence:: Belize, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, South Atlantic, the Caribbean, USA
Sea depth:: 6,5 - 51 Meter
Size:: 4.72" - 7.09" (12cm - 18cm)
Temperature:: 69.8 °F - 82.4 °F (21°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Carrion, omnivore
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:

Echinaster aculeata
Echinaster arcystatus
Echinaster brasiliensis
Echinaster callosus
Knotiger Seestern, Beulenseestern
Echinaster colemani
Coleman’s Sesstern
Echinaster cylindricus
Echinaster echinatus
Echinaster echinophorus
Echinaster farquhari
Echinaster glomeratus
Echinaster graminicola
Echinaster guyanensis
Echinaster lacunosus
Echinaster luzonicus
Luzon-Seestern
Echinaster modestus
Echinaster panamensis
Echinaster parvispinus
Echinaster paucispinus
Echinaster purpureus
Echinaster reticulatus
Echinaster sentus
Echinaster sepositus
Echinaster serpentarius
Echinaster smithi
Echinaster spinulosus
Echinaster stereosomus
Echinaster superbus
Echinaster tenuispinus
Echinaster varicolor

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-03-24 20:20:46
Last edit:: 2021-03-24 20:20:46

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Echinaster (Othilia) sentus (Say, 1825)

Echinaster sentus is a species of echinoderms in the family Echinasteridae. They are omnivores. They have sexual reproduction.

Synonymised names:
Asterias sentus Say, 1825
Echinaster (Othilia) spinosus Muller & Troschel, 1842 ((at least part) Synonym according to Sladen (1889) and Verrill (1915).

External links

EOL (en). Abgerufen am 24.03.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 24.03.2021.

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Echinaster sentus. Marco Island, Florida.Jan. 2015

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