Ceramaster granularis Cushion Star

Ceramaster granularis is commonly referred to as Cushion Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5951 

AphiaID:

124020 

Scientific:

Ceramaster granularis 

German:

Granulierter Kissenstern 

English:

Cushion Star 

Category:

Star Fishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Ceramaster (Genus) > granularis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Retzius, ), 1783 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Angola, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Barents Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, Greenland, Gulf of Maine, Iceland, Kattegat (Baltic Sea), North Atlantic Ocean, North-West-Atlantic, Norway, Sargasso Sea, Scotland, South-Africa, Sweden, the British Isles, USA 

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:

20 - 1400 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils 

Size:

up to 3.15" (8 cm) 

Food:

Detritus, Sponges 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Ceramaster arcticus
• Ceramaster australis
• Ceramaster bowersi
• Ceramaster clarki
• Ceramaster cuenoti
• Ceramaster glasbyi
• 
  Ceramaster granularis
  Granulierter Kissenstern
• Ceramaster grenadensis
• Ceramaster japonicus
• Ceramaster leptoceramus
• Ceramaster mortenseni
• 
  Ceramaster patagonicus
  Oranger Kissenseestern
• Ceramaster pointsurae
• Ceramaster smithi
• Ceramaster stellatus
• Ceramaster trispinosus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-08-26 15:29:33 

Last edit:

2024-07-14 14:06:42 

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