Luidia herdmani Eight-armed sand star

Luidia herdmaniis commonly referred to as Eight-armed sand star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Aufnahme aus den Philippinen, Malapscua 2017

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AphiaID:: 380236

Scientific:: Luidia herdmani
German:: Acht-Armiger Kammseestern
English:: Eight-armed Sand Star

Category:: Star Fishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Paxillosida (Order) > Luidiidae (Family) > Luidia (Genus) > herdmani (Species)
Initial determination:: A.M. Clark, 1953

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Arabian Sea, Australia, China, East Africa, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, North Pacific (Ocean), Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean
Sea depth:: 0 - 134 Meter
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C)
Food:: Clams, Predatory, Sea Cucumbers, Sea urchins, Snails, Starfishs
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Luidia alternata
Luidia amurensis
Luidia armata
Mosaik-Sandstern
Luidia aspera
Luidia asthenosoma
Luidia atlantidea
Seestern
Luidia australiae
Südlicher Sand-Stern
Luidia avicularia
Luidia barbadensis
Luidia bellonae
Luidia changi
Luidia ciliaris
Siebenarmiger Seestern
Luidia clathrata
Luidia columbia
Luidia denudata
Luidia difficilis
Luidia ferruginea
Luidia foliolata
Luidia gymnochora
Luidia hardwicki
Luidia herdmani
Acht-Armiger Kammseestern
Luidia heterozona
Luidia hexactis
Luidia inarmata
Luidia integra
Luidia latiradiata
Luidia lawrencei
Luidia longispina
Luidia ludwigi
Luidia maculata
Luidia magellanica
Luidia magnifica
Seestern
Luidia mauritiensis
Luidia neozelanica
Luidia orientalis
Luidia patriae
Luidia penangensis
Luidia phragma
Luidia porteri
Luidia prionota
Luidia quinaria
Luidia sagamina
Luidia sarsii
Luidia savignyi
Luidia senegalensis
Neunarmiger-Seestern
Luidia sibogae
Luidia superba
Luidia tessellata
Luidia yesoensis

More related species in this lexicon:

Luidia alternata numidica
Seestern

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-03-29 19:54:37
Last edit:: 2020-01-21 22:34:33

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Luidia maculata Müller & Troschel, 1842

Luidia maculata has a variable number of arms (5-9), but eight is the most common number. Luidia maculata occurs on soft bottoms,on sand an seagrass. This sea star is carnivorous,feeds on other echinoderms and molluscs. Eight-armed sand star is nocturnal.

Sometimes mistaken for the Common sea star Archaster typicus.

Luidia maculata is a host of following ectoparasits:
Synstellicola affinis
Synstellicola longicauda
Synstellicola similis

Synonyme:
Luidia maculata var. ceylonica
Luidia varia

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Luidiidae (Family) > Luidia (Genus) > Luidia maculata (Species)

External links

Wild Singapore Homepage (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Luidia maculata, Philippinen, Insel Malapascua 2017

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