Ptilometra australis Southern passion star, Passion Flower feather star

Ptilometra australis is commonly referred to as Southern passion star, Passion Flower feather star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

11099 

AphiaID:

480260 

Scientific:

Ptilometra australis 

German:

Passionsblumen-Federstern 

English:

Southern Passion Star, Passion Flower Feather Star 

Category:

Fjærstjerner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Comatulida (Order) > Ptilometridae (Family) > Ptilometra (Genus) > australis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Wilton, ), 1843 

Occurrence:

Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Endemic species, New South Wales (Australia), Queensland (Australia), Tasman Sea, Victoria (Australia) 

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 - 100 Meter 

Size:

4.72" - 15.75" (12cm - 40cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Ptilometra australis
  Passionsblumen-Federstern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-10-03 18:45:17 

Last edit:

2021-11-26 21:26:44 

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