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Nepanthia belcheri Belcher's Sea Star, Red Scaly Seastar

Nepanthia belcheri is commonly referred to as Belcher's Sea Star, Red Scaly Seastar. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Dr. Ilze Keevy, Australien

Nepanthia belcheri, Port Hedland WA 6721, Australia 2023


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lexID:
18257 
AphiaID:
371005 
Scientific:
Nepanthia belcheri 
German:
Belchers Seestern 
English:
Belcher's Sea Star, Red Scaly Seastar 
Category:
Zeesterren 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterinidae (Family) > Nepanthia (Genus) > belcheri (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Perrier, ), 1875 
Occurrence:
Australia, Queensland (Australia) 
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 - 46 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Coral rubble substrate, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Protected reefs, Rubble floors, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1,1cm - 2,7cm) 
Temperature:
24,3 °F - 29,1 °F (24,3°C - 29,1°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
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:
2026-04-07 14:05:43 

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Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier, 1875)

Synonymised names
Asterina (Nepanthia) belcheri Perrier, 1875 · unaccepted
Asterina (Nepanthia) brevis Perrier, 1875 · unaccepted
Asterina brevis Perrier, 1875 · unaccepted (A synonym according to Rowe &...)
Echinaster heteractis (H.L. Clark, 1909) · unaccepted (Synonym according to H.L. Clark (1938))
Henricia heteractis H.L. Clark, 1909 · unaccepted (Synonym according to H.L. Clark (1938))
Henricides heteractis (H.L. Clark, 1909) · unaccepted (A synonym according to H.L. Clark...)
Nepanthia brevis (Perrier, 1875) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Rowe and...)
Nepanthia joubini Koehler, 1908 · unaccepted (A synonym according to Rowe &...)
Nepanthia magnispina H.L. Clark, 1938 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Rowe and...)
Nepanthia polyplax Döderlein, 1926 · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1938))
Nepanthia suffarcinata Sladen, 1888 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Rowe and...)
Nepanthia variabilis H.L. Clark, 1938 · unaccepted (A synonym according to Rowe &...)

External links

  1. Australian Museum (en). Abgerufen am 07.04.2026.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.04.2026.

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