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Luidia senegalensis Nine Armed Sea Star

Luidia senegalensis is commonly referred to as Nine Armed Sea Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Nine-armed Sea Star, Luidia senegalensis, Florida USA 2018


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lexID:
12842 
AphiaID:
178641 
Scientific:
Luidia senegalensis 
German:
Neunarmiger-Seestern 
English:
Nine Armed Sea Star 
Category:
Stelle 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Paxillosida (Order) > Luidiidae (Family) > Luidia (Genus) > senegalensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lamarck, ), 1816 
Occurrence:
Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, Senegal, South Atlantic, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela 
Sea depth:
2 - 65 Meter 
Size:
5.91" - 15.75" (15cm - 40cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion, Clams, Detritus, Predatory, Sediment feeder, Snails, Starfishs 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-03-27 19:42:44 

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Luidia senegalensis (Lamarck, 1816)

The nine-armed sea star is a scavenger and a predator and examination of the stomach contents show that the diet consists primarily of molluscs, small crustaceans and polychaete worms.

Similar to Luidia clathrata in colour (5 arms)

Synonymised names:
Asterias senegalensis Lamarck, 1816
Luidia marcgravii Steenstrup in Lutken, 1859 (synonym according to Perrier (1875))

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Nine-armed Sea Star, Luidia senegalensis (bhb 20 P6232202a sm).2020
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Nine-armed Sea Star, Luidia senegalensis(bhb 20 P7243030a sm).2020
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Nine-armed Sea Star, Luidia senegalensis, Florida USA 2018
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Nine-armed Sea Star (Luidia senegalensis) sprinting, Near Sanibel Island, Florida 2013
Nine-armed Sea Star (Luidia senegalensis),Two arms are regenerating. Near Sanibel Island, Florida 2013

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