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Calliaster baccatus Cobbled Starfish

Calliaster baccatusis commonly referred to as Cobbled Starfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully.

Profilbild Urheber Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Calliaster baccatus (Cobbled Starfish), Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel


Courtesy of the author Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika . Please visit www.easterncapescubadiving.co.za for more information.

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lexID:
9285 
AphiaID:
213263 
Scientific:
Calliaster baccatus 
German:
Backstein Seestern 
English:
Cobbled Starfish 
Category:
Star Fishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Calliaster (Genus) > baccatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Sladen, 1889 
Occurrence:
South-Africa 
Size:
up to 7.87" (20 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Calliaster acanthodes
  • Calliaster baccatus
    Backstein Seestern
  • Calliaster childreni
  • Calliaster corynetes
  • Calliaster elegans
  • Calliaster erucaradiatus
  • Calliaster mamillifer
  • Calliaster pedicellaris
  • Calliaster quadrispinus
  • Calliaster regenerator
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2016-02-10 19:45:30 

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Calliaster baccatus Sladen, 1889

The Cobbled starfish has large brick-coloured and orange patches.On the middle of this starfish are granules. The outer edges of arms usually have spines or granules.

Calliaster baccatus can be found in sandy areas in shallow rocky reefs (1-20 m depht).The diet is unknown.

Calliaster baccatus is endemic to South Africa.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Calliaster (Genus) > Calliaster baccatus (Species)

External links

  1. Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Calliaster baccatus (Cobbled Starfish), Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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