Simon Tonge, Vereinigten Königreich
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Archaster lorioli is a little-known starfish for which there are a number of unverified claims available online.
Reported locations include the North Sea, Java (Indonesia), and Western Australia; the reason for these likely incorrect reports is based on findings of related species such as Java, Indonesia: > (Archaster typicus Müller & Troschel, 1840), Western Australia > (Archaster angulatus) (Sukarno & Jangoux 1977).
Unfortunately, the original description of the species in “Révision du genre Archaster Müller et Troschel (Echinodermata, Asteroidea: Archasteridae)” is not available online; information on water depth is also lacking or, at best, is derived from related species with the specification “0–60 m.”
We will attempt to determine the water depths based on data from divers on iNaturalist.
Reliable sources such as WoRMS indicate that Archaster lorioli is found only in the Western Indian Ocean (Mauritius and the Seychelles).
Archaster lorioli is a 5-armed starfish.
The starfish is a carnivorous bottom-dweller that captures various zoobenthos with its ambulacral feet and brings it to its mouth.
Reported locations include the North Sea, Java (Indonesia), and Western Australia; the reason for these likely incorrect reports is based on findings of related species such as Java, Indonesia: > (Archaster typicus Müller & Troschel, 1840), Western Australia > (Archaster angulatus) (Sukarno & Jangoux 1977).
Unfortunately, the original description of the species in “Révision du genre Archaster Müller et Troschel (Echinodermata, Asteroidea: Archasteridae)” is not available online; information on water depth is also lacking or, at best, is derived from related species with the specification “0–60 m.”
We will attempt to determine the water depths based on data from divers on iNaturalist.
Reliable sources such as WoRMS indicate that Archaster lorioli is found only in the Western Indian Ocean (Mauritius and the Seychelles).
Archaster lorioli is a 5-armed starfish.
The starfish is a carnivorous bottom-dweller that captures various zoobenthos with its ambulacral feet and brings it to its mouth.
