Neoferdina cumingi Cuming's sea star

Neoferdina cumingi is commonly referred to as Cuming's sea star. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

706 

AphiaID:

368977 

Scientific:

Neoferdina cumingi 

German:

Cumings Seestern 

English:

Cuming's Sea Star 

Category:

Star Fishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Neoferdina (Genus) > cumingi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gray, ), 1840 

Occurrence:

Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Central Pazific, China, Christmas Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Tasman Sea 

Sea depth:

0 - 30 Meter 

Size:

1.97" - 2.76" (5cm - 7cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C) 

Food:

algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Carrion, Detritus, Invertebrates, omnivore 

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:

• 
  Neoferdina cumingi
  Cumings Seestern
• 
  Neoferdina glyptodisca
  Platten-Seestern
• 
  Neoferdina insolita
  Platten-Seestern
• Neoferdina japonica
• Neoferdina kuhli
• Neoferdina longibrachia
• 
  Neoferdina offreti
  Platten-Seestern

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Neoferdina oni
  Oni-Plattenseestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-15 22:26:41 

Last edit:

2021-03-13 16:18:15 

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