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Fromia schultzei Granular Starfish

Fromia schultzei is commonly referred to as Granular Starfish. 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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Austrofromia schultzei (Granular starfish),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel


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lexID:
9358 
AphiaID:
378603 
Scientific:
Fromia schultzei 
German:
Schultzes Fromia, Körniger Seestern 
English:
Granular Starfish 
Category:
Star Fishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Fromia (Genus) > schultzei (Species) 
Initial determination:
Döderlein, 1910 
Occurrence:
Madagascar, South-Africa 
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:
1 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Rocky reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
3.94" - 11.81" (10cm - 30cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
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:
2025-02-14 19:17:08 

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Fromia schultzei Döderlein, 1910

The ground colour is orange, the surface granular.The arms with yellow tips.Fromia schultzei moves slowly. This starfish can be found in Southern Africa in rocky reefs to 1-30 m dephts.

Synonymised names
Austrofromia schultzei (Döderlein, 1910) · unaccepted (Austrofromia is synonym according...)

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 14.02.2025.

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Austrofromia schultzei (Granular starfish),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Austrofromia schultzei (Granular starfish),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Austrofromia schultzei (Granular starfish),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Fromia schultzei,north east pinnacle Aliwal Shoal, South Africa 2024 (CC-BY-SA)

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