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Fromia pacifica Pacific seastar

Fromia pacifica is commonly referred to as Pacific seastar. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 160 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Fromia-pacifica-jj-0044-101809_Kwajalein 2020


Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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lexID:
6480 
AphiaID:
368956 
Scientific:
Fromia pacifica 
German:
Pazifischer Seestern 
English:
Pacific Seastar 
Category:
Star Fishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Fromia (Genus) > pacifica (Species) 
Initial determination:
H.L. Clark, 1921 
Occurrence:
American Samoa, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Mauritius, New Caledonia, North Pacific (Ocean), Okinawa, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South China Sea, South-Pazific, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
0 - 30 Meter 
Size:
up to 2.76" (7 cm) 
Temperature:
76.46 °F - 84.74 °F (24.7°C - 29.3°C) 
Food:
Carrion, Detritus 
Tank:
35.2 gal (~ 160L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-09-23 19:08:38 

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Fromia pacifica H.L. Clark, 1921

Fromia is a genus of starfish belonging to the family Goniasteridae. These species are tropical sea stars, with 5 arms but sometimes up to 7.

External links

  1. underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 23.09.2021.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Commonly

Fromia-pacifica-6-legs-jj-0026-110109, Close up of a 6-legged individual that also had two madroporites., Kwajalein 2020
Fromia pacifica with Fromia milleporella and a Fromia sp. ,Kwajalein 2020
Fromia-pacifica-6-legs-cu-jj-0032-110109, Kwajalein 2020
Fromia-pacifica-jj-7943-122716,Underside.Kwajalein 2020
Fromia-pacifica-jj-0044-101809_Kwajalein 2020
Fromia-pacifica-2_Fromia pacifica is uncommon, most often found at night on lagoon pinnacles.Kwajalein 2020

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