Protoreaster linckii L

Description

Common Names: Red-knobbed starfish, crimson knobbed starfish, African red knob sea star, or red spine star.

  • Scientific Classification: Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Echinodermata, Class Asteroidea, Order Valvatida, Family Oreasteridae, Genus Protoreaster, Species P. linckii.

  • Appearance:

    • Reaches a maximum diameter of about 12 inches (30 cm).

    • Features a gray, pink, or reddish-orange body marked with a grid-like pattern of red connecting lines or stripes.

    • Possesses five distinct arms covered in prominent, bright red (or sometimes dark-tipped) upward-extending tubercles (knobs or spines).

    • Supported internally by a skeleton of calcareous ossicles and spicules.

  • Distribution & Habitat:

    • Native to the tropical Indo-Pacific, including the Western Indian Ocean, the African coast, Madagascar, the Red Sea/Arabia, India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Australia.

    • Inhabits shallow sandy or muddy seabeds, tidal pools, and inshore reefs down to depths of about 100 meters (though commonly found at 1–10 meters).

  • Diet & Behavior:

    • Active both day and night.

    • Carnivorous/omnivorous, feeding on sponges, clams, tube worms, soft corals, detritus, small invertebrates, and other starfish.

    • Generally considered not reef-safe in marine aquariums because they can prey on corals, clams, snails, and other tank inhabitants

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    Description

    Common Names: Red-knobbed starfish, crimson knobbed starfish, African red knob sea star, or red spine star.

    • Scientific Classification: Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Echinodermata, Class Asteroidea, Order Valvatida, Family Oreasteridae, Genus Protoreaster, Species P. linckii.

    • Appearance:

      • Reaches a maximum diameter of about 12 inches (30 cm).

      • Features a gray, pink, or reddish-orange body marked with a grid-like pattern of red connecting lines or stripes.

      • Possesses five distinct arms covered in prominent, bright red (or sometimes dark-tipped) upward-extending tubercles (knobs or spines).

      • Supported internally by a skeleton of calcareous ossicles and spicules.

    • Distribution & Habitat:

      • Native to the tropical Indo-Pacific, including the Western Indian Ocean, the African coast, Madagascar, the Red Sea/Arabia, India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Australia.

      • Inhabits shallow sandy or muddy seabeds, tidal pools, and inshore reefs down to depths of about 100 meters (though commonly found at 1–10 meters).

    • Diet & Behavior:

      • Active both day and night.

      • Carnivorous/omnivorous, feeding on sponges, clams, tube worms, soft corals, detritus, small invertebrates, and other starfish.

      • Generally considered not reef-safe in marine aquariums because they can prey on corals, clams, snails, and other tank inhabitants

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