Linckia guildingi Common Comet Star, Guilding's sea star, Green Linckia

Linckia guildingi is commonly referred to as Common Comet Star, Guilding's sea star, Green Linckia. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1316 

AphiaID:

178188 

Scientific:

Linckia guildingi 

German:

Guildings Seestern, Kometenstern, Grüner Linckia 

English:

Common Comet Star, Guilding's Sea Star, Green Linckia 

Category:

Sjøstjerner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Linckia (Genus) > guildingi (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gray, 1840 

Occurrence:

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, (the) Maldives, Abrolhos Archipelago, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Aruba, Belize, Brazil, China, Circumtropic, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Costa Rica, Curacao, East Africa, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Lord Howe Island, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Moluccas, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Tasman Sea, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Trindade and Martim Vaz, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean 

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:

0 - 298 Meter 

Habitats:

Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

24,7 °F - 83.84 °F (24,7°C - 28.8°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Carrion, Detritus, omnivore 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Linckia bouvieri
  Seestern
• 
  Linckia columbiae
  Pazifischer Kometen-Seestern, Fragiler Seestern, Variabler Seestern
• Linckia gracilis
• 
  Linckia guildingi
  Guildings Seestern, Kometenstern, Grüner Linckia
• 
  Linckia laevigata
  Blauer Seestern
• 
  Linckia multifora
  Löchriger Seestern, Kometenstern
• Linckia nodosa
• Linckia tyloplax

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Linckia sp.
  gelber Seestern
• 
  Linckia sp. 01
  Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-03-04 10:20:00 

Last edit:

2025-01-10 12:38:54 

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