Neoferdina glyptodisca Plated Sea star, Red Mottled Sea Star

Neoferdina glyptodisca is commonly referred to as Plated Sea star, Red Mottled Sea Star. 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:

10181 

AphiaID:

368978 

Scientific:

Neoferdina glyptodisca 

German:

Platten-Seestern 

English:

Plated Sea Star, Red Mottled Sea Star 

Category:

Stelle 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Fisher, ), 1913 

Occurrence:

Bunaken, Cebu ((Philippines), Indonesia, Philippines, Sulawesi, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

44 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus, Invertebrates, omnivore 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

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:

2016-11-19 19:51:14 

Last edit:

2016-11-19 20:04:11 

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