Fromia elegans

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lexID:

9504 

AphiaID:

-999 

Scientific:

Fromia elegans 

German:

Schwarzspitzen-Seestern 

English:

Orange Spotted Purple Sea Star, Blacktip Seastar, Elegant Starfish, Marble Sea Star, Marble Tile Star 

Category:

Sjøstjerner 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

H.L. Clark, 1921 

Occurrence:

Australia, Fiji, Filippinene, Indo-Pacific, Indonesia, Stillehavet, Vest 

Size:

bis zu 8cm 

Temperature:

24°C - 29°C 

Food:

omnivore, Detrius 

Tank:

~ 200 Liter 

Difficulty:

Middels 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Fromia armata
• Fromia balanse
• 
  Fromia elegans
  Schwarzspitzen-Seestern
• Fromia eusticha
• 
  Fromia ghardaqana
  Ghardaqa-Seestern
• Fromia hadracantha
• 
  Fromia hemiopla
  Seestern
• 
  Fromia indica
  Indischer Seestern
• 
  Fromia milleporella
  Tausendpunkt-Seestern
• 
  Fromia monilis
  Perl-Seestern
• 
  Fromia nodosa
  Knotiger Seestern, Dornen-Seestern
• 
  Fromia pacifica
  Pazifischer Seestern
• 
  Fromia polypora
  Seestern
• 
  Fromia schultzei
  Seestern
• Fromia subtilis
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Fromia cf. ghardaqana
  Ghardaqa-Seestern
• 
  Fromia heffernani
  Heffernan's Seestern, Perlen-Seestern
• 
  Fromia sp.01
  Seestern
• 
  Fromia sp.02
  Seestern
• 
  Fromia sp.03
  Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-03-14 11:56:41 

Last edit:

2017-10-15 09:25:56 

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