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Nemaster grandis Black and white crinoid

Nemaster grandis is commonly referred to as Black and white crinoid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
7108 
AphiaID:
246785 
Scientific:
Nemaster grandis 
German:
Schwarzweissfederstern 
English:
Black And White Crinoid 
Category:
Feather Stars 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidae (Family) > Nemaster (Genus) > grandis (Species) 
Initial determination:
AH Clark, 1909 
Occurrence:
Columbia, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
7.87" - 11.81" (20cm - 30cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-09-01 11:07:18 

Info

Nemaster grandis AH Clark, 1909

This feather star has forty black arms. The side branches have white tips.
Size: the arms can reach up to 25 cm.

It lives on the reefs. Unlike Davidaster rubiginosa, the Yellow feather star, it attaches itself on the top of the reef, or on sponges, or on sea whips, where it is completely visible.
Depth: ranges from 10 m. down to 40 m.

Source:
Marine Species Identification Portal

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comasteroidea (Superfamily) > Comasteridae (Family) > Capillasterinae (Subfamily) > Nemaster (Genus)

External links

  1. Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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