Fromia polypora Sea star, starfish, Many Pored Star

Fromia polypora is commonly referred to as Sea star, starfish, Many Pored 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 250 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4976 

AphiaID:

291675 

Scientific:

Fromia polypora 

German:

Seestern 

English:

Sea Star, Starfish, Many Pored Star 

Category:

Sjøstjerner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Fromia (Genus) > polypora (Species) 

Initial determination:

H.L. Clark, 1916 

Occurrence:

East Coast Australia, Australia, Bass Strait, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Eastern Indian Ocean, Houtman Abrolhos (Abrolhos Islands), Indian Ocean, Norfolk Island, Queensland (Australia), South Australia, Tasman Sea, Tasmania (Australia), Western Australia 

Sea depth:

1 - 3000 Meter 

Size:

3.94" - 7.87" (10cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Bacteria (Bacterioplankton), Clam meat, Detritus 

Tank:

54.99 gal (~ 250L)  

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:

• Fromia armata
• Fromia balanse
• 
  Fromia eusticha
  Seestern
• 
  Fromia ghardaqana
  Ghardaqa-Seestern
• 
  Fromia hadracantha
  Seestern
• 
  Fromia hemiopla
  Seestern
• 
  Fromia indica
  Indischer Seestern
• 
  Fromia milleporella
  Tausendpunkt-Seestern
• 
  Fromia monilis
  Perlen-Seestern, Perlenstern
• 
  Fromia nodosa
  Knotiger Seestern
• 
  Fromia pacifica
  Pazifischer Seestern
• 
  Fromia polypora
  Seestern
• 
  Fromia schultzei
  Schultzes Fromia, Körniger Seestern
• Fromia subtilis
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Fromia cf. ghardaqana
  Ghardaqa-Seestern
• 
  Fromia heffernani
  Heffernan's Seestern, Perlen-Seestern
• 
  Fromia labeosa
  Seestern
• 
  Fromia sp.01
  Seestern
• 
  Fromia sp.03
  Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-01-09 19:30:54 

Last edit:

2019-12-20 20:29:01 

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