Astrocladus euryale Basket Star, Gorgon's Head

Astrocladus euryale is commonly referred to as Basket Star, Gorgon's Head. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

9303 

AphiaID:

213438 

Scientific:

Astrocladus euryale 

German:

Gorgonenhaupt 

English:

Basket Star, Gorgon's Head 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order) > Gorgonocephalidae (Family) > Astrocladus (Genus) > euryale (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Retzius, ), 1783 

Occurrence:

South-Africa 

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 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C) 

Food:

Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Astrocladus africanus
• Astrocladus annulatus
• Astrocladus coniferus
• Astrocladus dofleini
• 
  Astrocladus euryale
  Gorgonenhaupt
• Astrocladus exiguus
• Astrocladus hirtus
• Astrocladus ludwigi
• Astrocladus pardalis
• Astrocladus tonganus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-02-14 14:27:42 

Last edit:

2025-02-18 17:09:24 

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