Hacelia attenuata smooth starfish

Hacelia attenuatais commonly referred to as smooth starfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 4680
AphiaID:: 124094

Scientific:: Hacelia attenuata
German:: Glatter Seestern
English:: Smooth Starfish

Category:: Star Fishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Hacelia (Genus) > attenuata (Species)
Initial determination:: Gray, 1840

Occurrence:: Azores, European Coasts, Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: 59 °F - 77 °F (15°C - 25°C)
Food:: Algae
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Hacelia attenuata
Glatter Seestern
Hacelia capensis
Hacelia inarmata
Hacelia superba
Hacelia tuberculata

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-09-26 08:40:14
Last edit:: 2012-09-26 08:40:14

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Hacelia attenuata Gray, 1840

Hacelia is a genus of sea star. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea.

Synonymised taxa:
Asterias coriacea Grube, 1840 (synonym)
Asterias laevigata varietas Lamarck, 1816 (synonym)
Asterias variolata Risso, 1826 (Synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Ophidiaster (Hacelia) attenuatus Gray, 1840 (synonym)
Ophidiaster lessonae Gasco, 1876 (Synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Ophidiaster superba Nataf & Cherbonnier, 1975
Pentagonaster attenuatus von Martens, 1895

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Ophidiasteridae
Genus: Hacelia
John Edward Gray, 1840

Scientific paper

Starfish saponins. Part 101. Further 24-O-glycosidated steroids from the starfishHacelia attenuata, L. Minale; C. Pizza; R. Riccio; F. Zollo, 1983
Starfish saponins. Part 9. A novel 24-O-glycosidated steroid from the starfishHacelia attenuata, L. Minale; C. Pizza; R. Riccio; F. Zollo, 1983
5α-cholestane-3β,6β,15α,16β,26-pentol: a polyhydroxylated sterol from the starfish Hacelia attenuata, L Minale; C Pizza; F Zollo; R Riccio, 1982

External links

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

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Copyright Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

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