Paulia horrida Red Prickly Sea Star, Horrid Sea Star

Paulia horrida is commonly referred to as Red Prickly Sea Star, Horrid Sea Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17258 

AphiaID:

254810 

Scientific:

Paulia horrida 

German:

Roter Stachelseestern, Schrecklicher Seestern 

English:

Red Prickly Sea Star, Horrid Sea Star 

Category:

Sjøstjerner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterodiscididae (Family) > Paulia (Genus) > horrida (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gray, 1840 

Occurrence:

Chile, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Peru, South-Pazific 

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:

24 - 91 Meter 

Habitats:

Rocky reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

8,4 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Paulia aldabrensis
• Paulia caespitosa
• Paulia cubana
• Paulia gibbosa
• 
  Paulia horrida
  Roter Stachelseestern, Schrecklicher Seestern
• Paulia japonica
• Paulia myriocarpa
• Paulia perforata
• Paulia rhizophora
• Paulia schroederi
• Paulia stipitata
• Paulia tessellata
• Paulia wrightii
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-02-23 16:03:06 

Last edit:

2025-02-23 17:13:30 

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