Chondraster grandis Deepsea sea star

Chondraster grandis is commonly referred to as Deepsea sea star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12514 

AphiaID:

124105 

Scientific:

Chondraster grandis 

German:

Tiefsee-Seestern 

English:

Deepsea Sea Star 

Category:

Star Fishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Poraniidae (Family) > Chondraster (Genus) > grandis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Verrill, ), 1878 

Occurrence:

Bay of Biscay, Canada Eastern Pacific, East cost of USA, European Coasts, Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, West Africa 

Sea depth:

245 - 1645 Meter 

Temperature:

3,4 °F - 6,0 °F (3,4°C - 6,0°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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:

• Chondraster elattosis
• 
  Chondraster grandis
  Tiefsee-Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-10-29 17:48:18 

Last edit:

2019-10-30 19:19:28 

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