Comaster multifidus Feather Star

Comaster multifidus is commonly referred to as Feather Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2398 

AphiaID:

213356 

Scientific:

Comaster multifidus 

German:

Haarstern 

English:

Feather Star 

Category:

Feather Stars 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidae (Family) > Comaster (Genus) > multifidus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Müller, ), 1841 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indian Ocean, Japan, South China Sea, the Seychelles, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

10 - 20 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

78.8 °F - 82.4 °F (26°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Comaster distincta
• Comaster multibrachiatus
• Comaster multiradiata

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Comaster audax
  Haarstern, Federstern
• 
  Comaster multifidus
  Haarstern
• 
  Comaster nobilis
  Edel-Haarstern, Nobler-Haarstern
• 
  Comaster schlegelii
  Schlegels Haarstern, Variabler Federstern
• 
  Comaster sp.
  Haarstern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-11-23 21:18:35 

Last edit:

2007-11-23 21:18:35 

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