Leiaster leachi Leach's Sea Star

Leiaster leachiis commonly referred to as Leach's Sea Star. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12104 

AphiaID:

213308 

Scientific:

Leiaster leachi 

German:

Leachs Seestern 

English:

Leach's Sea Star 

Category:

Star Fishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Leiaster (Genus) > leachi (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gray, 1840 

Occurrence:

French Polynesia, Guam, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Philippines, Red Sea, the Seychelles, Western Indian 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:

5 - 73 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

75.38 °F - 83.3 °F (24.1°C - 28.5°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Crustaceans, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Leiaster coriaceus
  Picasso-Seestern
• 
  Leiaster glaber
  Roter Samt-Seestern
• 
  Leiaster leachi
  Leachs Seestern
• 
  Leiaster speciosus
  Samt-Seestern
• 
  Leiaster teres
  Seestern

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Leiaster sp. 01
  Seestern

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-05-10 20:34:29 

Last edit:

2023-05-20 10:21:24 

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