Neoferdina offreti plate sea star

Neoferdina offreti is commonly referred to as plate sea star. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3577 

AphiaID:

213360 

Scientific:

Neoferdina offreti 

German:

Platten-Seestern 

English:

Plate Sea Star 

Category:

Sjøstjerner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Neoferdina (Genus) > offreti (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Koehler, ), 1910 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Aldabra Group, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bali, Comores, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, Mascarene Islands, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Palau, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles 

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 - 62 Meter 

Habitats:

Rocky, hard seabeds, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

25,4 °F - 84.2 °F (25,4°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Invertebrates, No reliable information available, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Neoferdina cumingi
  Cumings Seestern
• 
  Neoferdina glyptodisca
  Platten-Seestern
• 
  Neoferdina insolita
  Platten-Seestern
• Neoferdina japonica
• Neoferdina kuhli
• Neoferdina longibrachia
• 
  Neoferdina offreti
  Platten-Seestern

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Neoferdina oni
  Oni-Plattenseestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-03-12 22:50:37 

Last edit:

2024-12-18 16:33:17 

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