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Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri Northern Starfish

Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri is commonly referred to as Northern Starfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
7752 
AphiaID:
125158 
Scientific:
Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri 
German:
Nördlicher Seestern 
English:
Northern Starfish 
Category:
Rozgwiazdy 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Leptasterias (Genus) > (Leptasterias) muelleri (Species) 
Initial determination:
(M. Sars, ), 1846 
Occurrence:
the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Barents Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, Greenland, Gulf of California, Gulf of Maine, Ireland, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Norway, Skagerrak (North Sea), Spitsbergen /Svalbard, Sweden, the British Isles, The Shetland Islands (Scotland), USA 
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:
0 - 206 Meter 
Size:
1.97" - 7.87" (5cm - 20cm) 
Temperature:
6,5 °F - 12,9 °F (6,5°C - 12,9°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion, Predatory 
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:
2022-11-24 19:19:34 

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Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)

Leptasterias muelleri, the northern starfish, is a species of starfish in the family Asteriidae.

It is found in the Arctic Ocean and the northern Atlantic Ocean
The colour of this starfish may be pale purple, pink or green, with pale coloured tips to the arms.

Synonymised names:
Asterias aequalis Stimpson, 1862 · unaccepted

Direct children (2):
Variety Leptasterias aequalis var. compacta Verrill, 1914 accepted as Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)
Variety Leptasterias aequalis var. concinna Verrill, 1914 accepted as Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 24.11.2022.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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