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Leptasterias pusilla Seastar

Leptasterias pusilla is commonly referred to as Seastar. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Leptasterias pusilla, a small seastar.Montana de Oro State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2009


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lexID:
10822 
AphiaID:
379735 
Scientific:
Leptasterias pusilla 
German:
Seestern 
English:
Seastar 
Category:
Rozgwiazdy 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Leptasterias (Genus) > pusilla (Species) 
Initial determination:
Fisher, 1930 
Occurrence:
Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), USA 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
up to 0.79" (2 cm) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Snails 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Leptasterias aequalis
    Sechsarm-Seestern
  • Leptasterias alaskensis
  • Leptasterias aleutica
  • Leptasterias arctica
  • Leptasterias asteira
  • Leptasterias austera
  • Leptasterias camtschatica
  • Leptasterias canuti
  • Leptasterias clavispina
  • Leptasterias coei
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-07-31 14:03:49 

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Leptasterias pusilla Fisher, 1930

little six-rayed seastar with a total arm spread usually under 2 cm. Diet: gastropods.

Similar to Leptasterias hexactis.

External links

  1. WallaWalla (en). Abgerufen am 31.07.2021.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 31.07.2021.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 31.07.2021.

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Spawn

Diminutive sea star, with brood.Leptasterias pusilla, with embryos.2019

Commonly

Leptasterias pusilla, a small seastar.Montana de Oro State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2009
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Leptasterias, Pillar Point 2014

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