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Goniaster tessellatus Common Sunfish

Goniaster tessellatusis commonly referred to as Common Sunfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Goniaster tessellatus (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz


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lexID:
5968 
AphiaID:
124033 
Scientific:
Goniaster tessellatus 
German:
Gemeiner Seestern 
English:
Common Sunfish 
Category:
Star Fishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Goniaster (Genus) > tessellatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lamarck, ), 1816 
Occurrence:
the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Brazil, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Madeira, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic, Tansania, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela 
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:
16 - 120 Meter 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
46.4 °F - 77 °F (8°C - 25°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-11-12 12:42:46 

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Goniaster tessellatus (de Lamarck, 1816)

Goniasteridae are usually middle-sized sea stars with a characteristic double range of marginal plates bordering the disk and arms.

Synonymised names:
Asterias cuspidata Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (In Goniodiscus according to...)
Asterias tessellata Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (synonym)
Astrogonium cuspidatum (Gray, 1840) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Astrogonium dubium Perrier, 1869 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Astrogonium lamarcki Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted
Astrogonium semilunatus (von Martens, 1866) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Goniaster africanus Verrill, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Goniaster americanus Verrill, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Goniaster cuspidatus Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Goniaster lamarcki (Muller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted (Synonym based on inspection of...)
Goniaster sebae Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Goniaster semilunatus von Martens, 1866 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Goniodiscus cuspidatus (Gray, 1840) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Pentagonaster lamarcki Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Pentagonaster semilunatus (von Martens, 1866) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Phaneraster lamarcki Perrier, 1894 · unaccepted
Tosia lamarcki (Müller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted

External links

  1. Medslugs - Dr. Peter Wirtz (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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