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Diplodontias miliaris Common Toothed

Diplodontias miliaris is commonly referred to as Common Toothed. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully.

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lexID:
8850 
AphiaID:
291660 
Scientific:
Diplodontias miliaris 
German:
Seestern 
English:
Common Toothed 
Category:
Star Fishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Odontasteridae (Family) > Diplodontias (Genus) > miliaris (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gray, ), 1847 
Occurrence:
New Zealand 
Temperature:
°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2015-10-12 19:42:08 

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Diplodontias miliaris (Gray, 1847)

Diplodontias miliaris is orange or cherry red in colour, the undersite is cream.

This se star have two glassy spines under each jaw (10 spines per animal). The shape of the animal is variable. Diplodontias miliaris is a deepwater sea star (100 m depht).

Diplodontias miliaris is a scavenger.

Synonyme:
Acodontaster miliaris
Asterodon miliaris
Astrogonium miliare
Astrogonium rugosum
Gnathaster miliaris
Gnathaster rugosus
Pentagonaster miliaris

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Odontasteridae (Family) > Diplodontias (Genus) > Diplodontias miliaris (Species)

External links

  1. Homepage Dr. Paddy Ryan (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. invertebrates.si.edu (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. marinelife.ac.nz (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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