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Astrocladus euryale Basket star

Astrocladus euryaleis commonly referred to as Basket star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

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Astrocladus euryale , Port Elizabeth 2008, Copyright Johan Swanepoel


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lexID:
9303 
AphiaID:
213438 
Scientific:
Astrocladus euryale 
German:
Gorgonenhaupt 
English:
Basket Star 
Category:
Brittle stars 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order) > Gorgonocephalidae (Family) > Astrocladus (Genus) > euryale (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Retzius, ), 1783 
Occurrence:
South-Africa 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C) 
Food:
Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Astrocladus africanus
  • Astrocladus annulatus
  • Astrocladus coniferus
  • Astrocladus dofleini
  • Astrocladus euryale
    Gorgonenhaupt
  • Astrocladus exiguus
  • Astrocladus hirtus
  • Astrocladus ludwigi
  • Astrocladus pardalis
  • Astrocladus tonganus
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2016-02-14 14:27:42 

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Astrocladus euryale (Retzius, 1783)

The Basket star Astrocladus euryale can be found in 10-40 m dephts. This Basket star is very common in South Africa.The disc with black pattern, the arms are grey in colour with dark stripes.

Astrocladus euryale feeds on small animals and particles in the water.The Basket star can usually found on sea fans,sometimes on corals.

Synonym:
Asterias euryale

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order) > Gorgonocephalidae (Family) > Astrocladus (Genus) > Astrocladus euryale (Species)

External links

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

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Astrocladus euryale , Port Elizabeth 2008, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Astrocladus euryale (albino basket), Port Elizabeth 2008, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Astrocladus euryale, Port Elizabeth 2012, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Astrocladus euryale, Port Elizabeth 2011, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Astrocladus euryale, Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Astrocladus euryale, Port Elizabeth 2008, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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