Dichrometra palmata Klunzinger's Feather Star

Dichrometra palmatais commonly referred to as Klunzinger's Feather Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3081 

AphiaID:

213596 

Scientific:

Dichrometra palmata 

German:

Klunzinger's Haarstern 

English:

Klunzinger's Feather Star 

Category:

Feather Stars 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Comatulida (Order) > Mariametridae (Family) > Dichrometra (Genus) > palmata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Müller, ), 1841 

Occurrence:

East Africa, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Madagascar, Red Sea, Tansania, Western Pacific Ocean 

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:

0 - 50 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

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:

• Dichrometra doederleini

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Dichrometra flagellata
  Haarstern
• 
  Dichrometra palmata
  Klunzinger's Haarstern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-04-11 18:03:24 

Last edit:

2023-04-04 09:43:55 

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