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Coscinasterias muricata Eleven-Arm Seastar

Coscinasterias muricata is commonly referred to as Eleven-Arm Seastar. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Coscinasterias muricata.Living in a small tide pool by Cape Horn, Manukau Harbour.2020


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
12581 
AphiaID:
291596 
Scientific:
Coscinasterias muricata 
German:
Elf-armiger Seestern 
English:
Eleven-Arm Seastar 
Category:
Star Fishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Coscinasterias (Genus) > muricata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Verrill, 1867 
Occurrence:
Australia, New Zealand, Queensland (Australia), South-Pazific, Tasmania (Australia) 
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:
- 150 Meter 
Size:
up to 19.69" (50 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Carrion, Clams, Crustaceans, omnivore, Predatory, Sea squirts, Zoobenthos 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-07-12 13:27:04 

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Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867

It is a large 11-armed starfish (It has seven to fourteen arms, with eleven being the commonest number.) . Feeds on on bivalves, crabs and carrion. Coscinasterias muricata often to be found on mussel beds.

Synonymised names:
Coscinasterias (Coscinasterias) muricata (Verrill, 1867)· accepted, alternate representation

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Commonly

Eleven Armed Sea Star,Coscinasterias muricata wandering a rock pool, NZ.2018
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Coscinasterias muricata and Red Algae.In the low intertidal zone at Cape Horn, Manukau Harbour.2020
Coscinasterias muricata,A C. muricata feeding on some sort of Ascidian at Bastion Point,Tamaki Drive.6_2019
Close up of regrowing arms on a Starfish,Coscinasterias muricata, Goat Island, 2019
Starfish on Mussel Bed,Mussels grew on this exposed Corallina turf giving food to this Coscinasterias muricata, Waipu Cove.2019
Large Sea Star at Muriwai.Coscinasterias muricata.2018
Coscinasterias muricata.Living in a small tide pool by Cape Horn, Manukau Harbour.2020
Sea Star entering a rock pool,Coscinasterias muricata entering a rock pool for relief from the air at low tide on a mussel reef, Waipu Cove.2019
Eleven Armed Sea Star, Coscinasterias muricata, 2018

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