Pentaceraster alveolatus Horned Seastar

Pentaceraster alveolatusis commonly referred to as Horned Seastar. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pentaceraster alveolatus,Horned seastar,Malapascua, Philippines, 2019

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Scientific:: Pentaceraster alveolatus
German:: Walzen-Seestern
English:: Horned Seastar

Category:: Star Fishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Oreasteridae (Family) > Pentaceraster (Genus) > alveolatus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Perrier, ), 1875

Occurrence:: Australia, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, New Caledonia, North Pacific (Ocean), Philippines, South-Pazific, Thailand, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 1 - 60 Meter
Size:: up to 15.75" (40 cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 77 °F (23°C - 25°C)
Food:: Algae, algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Carrion, Detritus, omnivore
Difficulty:: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Pentaceraster affinis
Pentaceraster alveolatus
Walzen-Seestern
Pentaceraster chinensis
Pentaceraster cumingi
Panamaischer Noppen-Seestern
Pentaceraster decipiens
Pentaceraster gracilis
Pentaceraster horridus
Pentaceraster magnificus
Pentaceraster mammillatus
Grüner Noppen-Seestern
Pentaceraster multispinus
Pentaceraster regulus
Noppen Seestern
Pentaceraster sibogae
Pentaceraster tuberculatus
Grauer Noppen-Seestern
Pentaceraster westermanni

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2011-02-22 09:03:04
Last edit:: 2023-08-13 20:28:08

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Pentaceraster alveolatus (Perrier, 1875)

Similar to Pentaceraster mammillatus and Pentaceraster sibogae.

Synonyms:
Oreaster alveolatus (Perrier, 1875)
Oreaster troscheli Bell, 1884
Pentaceros alveolatus Perrier, 1875
Pentaceros bedoti Koehler, 1911
Pentaceros muricatus Studer, 1884
Pentaceros troscheli (Bell, 1884)

Scientific paper

Starfish Saponins, 29. A Novel Steroidal Glycoside from the Starfish Pentaceraster alveolatus, Zollo, Franco; Finamore, Ester; Minale, Luigi; Laurent, Dominique; Bargibant, George , 1986
Starfish Saponins, 19. A Novel Steroidal Glycoside Sulfate from the Starfishes Protoreaster nodosus and Pentaceraster alveolatus, Riccio, Raffaele; Zollo, Franco; Finamore, Ester; Minale, Luigi; Laurent, Dominique; Bargibant, Georges; Pusset, Jacques , 1985

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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