Porania antarctica

Red spiny cushion star
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica, Antartica Chilena, Chile, Photo: Graham Edgar
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica, Antartica Chilena, Chile, Photo: Graham Edgar
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica, Antartica Chilena, Chile, Photo: Graham Edgar
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica, Antartica Chilena, Chile, Photo: Graham Edgar
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica, Antartica Chilena, Chile, Photo: Graham Edgar
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica, Antartica Chilena, Chile, Photo: Graham Edgar
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica, Antartica Chilena, Chile, Photo: Graham Edgar
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica, Antartica Chilena, Chile, Photo: Graham Edgar
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica, Antartica Chilena, Chile, Photo: Graham Edgar
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Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica
Porania antarctica

Distribution

Polar - southern, Temperate South America


Description

Orange to purple, five armed sea star with a row of short spines around the edges, and a scattering of short spines and a covering of short, retractable, translucent tentacles on dorsal surface.


Information

Max Size: N/A cm

Sea Temperature Range: 1.7-18.9°C

Depth: 0-900m

Habitat Generalization Index: N/A

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Common (47.8% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Few (4 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: Joe Shields