Nardoa tuberculata Mottled sea star, Warty mesh sea star

Nardoa tuberculatais commonly referred to as Mottled sea star, Warty mesh sea star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6478 

AphiaID:

212318 

Scientific:

Nardoa tuberculata 

German:

Tuberkel Seestern 

English:

Mottled Sea Star, Warty Mesh Sea Star 

Category:

Star Fishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Nardoa (Genus) > tuberculata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gray, 1840 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Australia, Central Pazific, China, Indonesia, Japan, Mauritius, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South China Sea, South-Pazific, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae, Detritus, Invertebrates, Predatory, Starfishs, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

329.97 gal (~ 1500L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Nardoa frianti
  Friants Seestern
• 
  Nardoa galatheae
  Galatheas Seestern
• 
  Nardoa gomophia
  Seestern
• Nardoa mamillifera
• 
  Nardoa novaecaledoniae
  Seestern
• 
  Nardoa rosea
  Rosenseestern
• 
  Nardoa tuberculata
  Tuberkel Seestern
• Nardoa tumulosa
• 
  Nardoa variolata
  Variabler Seestern

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Nardoa sp.
  Seestern
• 
  Nardoa sp. 01
  Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-12-04 22:02:09 

Last edit:

2020-01-21 17:40:06 

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