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Thromidia catalai Catala's Sea Star, Heavy Starfish

Thromidia catalai is commonly referred to as Catala's Sea Star, Heavy Starfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
6487 
AphiaID:
367763 
Scientific:
Thromidia catalai 
German:
Catalas Seestern 
English:
Catala's Sea Star, Heavy Starfish 
Category:
Sjøstjerner 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Mithrodiidae (Family) > Thromidia (Genus) > catalai (Species) 
Initial determination:
Pope & Rowe, 1977 
Occurrence:
Australia, Central Pazific, Hawaii, Indonesia, New Caledonia, North Pacific (Ocean), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South China Sea, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
10 - 50 Meter 
Size:
up to 39.37" (100 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Detritus 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-01-31 21:40:49 

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Thromidia catalai Pope & Rowe, 1977

The large Catala Sea Star has five cylindrical arms that end in a conical, dark orange or brown, point. The body colour is white or pink with scattered papillae. The sea star can be found on coral reefs from depths of 10 to 50 metres.Thromidia catalai is also known as Catala's Sea,Fat Sea Star, Heaviest Starfish or Brown Tipped Sea Star.

This sea star consume detritus.Its too large for most home aquaria.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) >Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Mithrodiidae (Family) > Thromidia (Genus)

External links

  1. scuba-equipment.usa (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 31.01.2021.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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