Leiaster speciosus Spot Chain Sea Star, Velvety Sea Star

Leiaster speciosus is commonly referred to as Spot Chain Sea Star, Velvety Sea Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10576 

AphiaID:

370923 

Scientific:

Leiaster speciosus 

German:

Samt-Seestern 

English:

Spot Chain Sea Star, Velvety Sea Star 

Category:

Star Fishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Leiaster (Genus) > speciosus (Species) 

Initial determination:

von Martens, 1866 

Occurrence:

Bali, Indonesia, Philippines, Western Pacific Ocean 

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:

0 - 81 Meter 

Size:

11.81" - 19.69" (30cm - 50cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Detritus 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Leiaster coriaceus
  Ledriger Seestern, Rotflecken-Seestern
• 
  Leiaster glaber
  Roter Samt-Seestern
• 
  Leiaster leachi
  Leachs Seestern
• 
  Leiaster speciosus
  Samt-Seestern
• 
  Leiaster teres
  Seestern

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Leiaster sp. 01
  Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-03-26 20:01:57 

Last edit:

2024-05-05 13:03:41 

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