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Rosy Starfish
Rosy Starfish
Stichastrella rosea (O.F. Müller, 1776)
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Echinodermata - Echinoderms » class Asteroidea » order Forcipulatida » family Stichasteridae
ID: 814262
pID: 421354
Taxonomic rank: 33
Author of the record: Hans Hillewaert
Created: 2010-11-06 16:52:19 - User Ondřej Zicha
URL: http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id814262/
Text function: [[t:814262;Stichastrella rosea]]
pID: 421354
Taxonomic rank: 33
Author of the record: Hans Hillewaert
Created: 2010-11-06 16:52:19 - User Ondřej Zicha
URL: http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id814262/
Text function: [[t:814262;Stichastrella rosea]]
Data source: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123813
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Ecology
Author: Hans Hillewaert
Text ID: 62349
Text Type: 4
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Language: EN
Text ID: 62349
Text Type: 4
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Created: 2010-11-06 16:52:19 - User Ondřej Zicha
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Occurs on rocky or sandy substrates on exposed or moderately exposed sites, from 4 m but mostly below 30 m depth and down to 400 m.
Description
Author: Hans Hillewaert
Text ID: 62350
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2010-11-06 16:52:19 - User Ondřej Zicha
Language: EN
Text ID: 62350
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Body with a small disc, a distinctive madreporite and 5 round, tapering arms. Orange-reddish or more yellowish in colour.
Size
Author: Hans Hillewaert
Text ID: 62351
Text Type: 2
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Created: 2010-11-06 16:52:19 - User Ondřej Zicha
Language: EN
Text ID: 62351
Text Type: 2
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Created: 2010-11-06 16:52:19 - User Ondřej Zicha
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Up to 300 mm in diameter
Distribution
Author: Hans Hillewaert
Text ID: 62352
Text Type: 3
Page: 0
Created: 2010-11-06 16:52:19 - User Ondřej Zicha
Language: EN
Text ID: 62352
Text Type: 3
Page: 0
Created: 2010-11-06 16:52:19 - User Ondřej Zicha
Language: EN
North East Atlantic. Northern parts of the North Sea.
Author: Hans Hillewaert
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