Pentaceraster cumingi Panamic Cushion Sea Star

Pentaceraster cumingi is commonly referred to as Panamic Cushion 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 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3717 

AphiaID:

370899 

Scientific:

Pentaceraster cumingi 

German:

Panamaischer Noppenseestern 

English:

Panamic Cushion Sea Star 

Category:

Sjøstjerner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Oreasteridae (Family) > Pentaceraster (Genus) > cumingi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gray, ), 1840 

Occurrence:

Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama 

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:

- 10 Meter 

Habitats:

Rocky, hard seabeds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus, Frozen Food (large sort), Shrimps 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

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:

• Pentaceraster affinis
• 
  Pentaceraster alveolatus
  Walzen-Seestern
• Pentaceraster chinensis
• 
  Pentaceraster cumingi
  Panamaischer Noppenseestern
• Pentaceraster decipiens
• Pentaceraster gracilis
• Pentaceraster horridus
• Pentaceraster magnificus
• 
  Pentaceraster mammillatus
  Grüner Noppen-Seestern
• Pentaceraster multispinus
• 
  Pentaceraster regulus
  Noppen Seestern
• Pentaceraster sibogae
• 
  Pentaceraster tuberculatus
  Grauer Noppen-Seestern
• Pentaceraster westermanni
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pentaceraster sp. 01
  Noppen - Walzen-Seestern
• 
  Pentaceraster sp. 02
  
• 
  Pentaceraster sp. 04
  

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-05-17 18:05:49 

Last edit:

2025-02-22 11:01:11 

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