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Oreaster reticulatus Reticulated Sea Star, Cushion Sea Star

Oreaster reticulatusis commonly referred to as Reticulated Sea Star, Cushion Sea Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Cushion Sea Star, Oreaster reticulatus, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2004-2005


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lexID:
6147 
AphiaID:
178210 
Scientific:
Oreaster reticulatus 
German:
Genetzter Kissenstern 
English:
Reticulated Sea Star, Cushion Sea Star 
Category:
Star Fishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Oreasteridae (Family) > Oreaster (Genus) > reticulatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, East-Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic 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:
1 - 69 Meter 
Size:
7.87" - 13.78" (20cm - 35cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Coral polyps = corallivorous, Detritus, Snails, Sponges, Starfishs 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-03-15 19:38:45 

Info

Oreaster reticulatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Oreaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae

Synonymised names:
Asterias gigas Linnaeus, 1753 (Synonym (name invalidated by date))
Asterias pentacyphus Bruzelius, 1805 (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Asterias reticulata Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Asterias sebae de Blainville, 1830
Oreaster aculeatus (Gray, 1840) (Synonym according to Bell (1884))
Oreaster bermudensis H.L. Clark, 1942
Oreaster gigas Lutken, 1859 (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936) and Madsen (1959))
Oreaster lapidarius Grube, 1857 (synonym according to Perrier (1875))
Oreaster reticulatus var. bermudensis
Oreaster tuberosus Behn in Möbius, 1859 (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Pentaceros aculeatus Gray, 1840 (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Pentaceros gibbus Gray, 1840 (synonym according to Muller and Troschel (1842))
Pentaceros grandis Gray, 1840 (synonym according to Muller and Troschel (1842))
Pentaceros reticulatus Gray, 1840

Direct children (1):
Variety Oreaster reticulatus var. bermudensis accepted as Oreaster bermudensis H.L. Clark, 1942 accepted as Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific paper

  1. Sponge-feeding by the Caribbean starfishOreaster reticulatus, L. Wulff, 1995
  2. Subunit structure and carbohydrate specificity of a galactosyl-binding lectin from coelomic fluid of the starfish Oreaster reticulatus: A. Snowden & ∗G. R. Vasta. Center of Marine Biotechnology, Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA, , 1991
  3. Starfish Saponins, Part 21. Steroidal Glycosides from the Starfish Oreaster reticulatus, de Correa, Rosabel Segura; Riccio, Raffaele; Minale, Luigi; Duque, Carmenza , 1985
  4. Optimal foraging movements of Oreaster reticulatus (L.) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), R.E. Scheibling, 1981
  5. Growth and respiration rate of juvenile Oreaster reticulatus (L.) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) on fish and algal diets, Scheilbing, R.E, 1981
  6. The annual reproductive cycle of Oreaster reticulatus (L.) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) and interpopulation differences in reproductive capacity, R.E. Scheibling, 1981
  7. Homing movements of Oreaster reticulatus (L.) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) when experimentally translocated from a sand patch habitat, Scheibling, Robert E., 1980
  8. Abundance, spatial distribution, and size structure of populations ofOreaster reticulatus(Echinodermata: Asteroidea) on sand bottoms, R. E. Scheibling, 1980
  9. Abundance, spatial distribution, and size structure of populations ofOreaster reticulatus(Echinodermata: Asteroidea) on sand bottoms, R. E. Scheibling, 1980
  10. Histological Studies on the Pyloric Stomach and Its Appendages in Oreaster reticulatus (L.) (Asteroidea), John Maxwell Anderson, 1979
  11. Studies on Functional Morphology in the Digestive System of Oreaster reticulatus (L.) (Asteroidea), John Maxwell Anderson, 1978

External links

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

Pictures

Juvenile

Red Cushion Sea Star, Oreaster reticulatus, juvenile Florida 2022
Cushion Sea Star, Oreaster reticulatus, juvenile, 1 inch, Florida USA 2019

Commonly

Cushion Sea Star, Oreaster reticulatus, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2004-2005
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Cushion Sea Star, Oreaster reticulatus, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2004-2005
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Oreaster reticulatus (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz
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Cushion Sea Star, Oreaster reticulatus,Mexico, Cozumel, 1997-2002

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