Shrimp, Snails, and Crabs
Mediterranean Red Starfish
Echinaster sepositus
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature12–24 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size20 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Family
- Echinasteridae
- Origin
- Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic
- Size
- 15 – 20 cm
- Temperature
- 12 – 24°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.025 – 1.028
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Diet
- carnivorous (sponges and biofilm)
- Reproduction
- releases gametes
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes (Mediterranean aquarium)
Notes: Five-armed red starfish, an icon of the Mediterranean. Difficult to feed over the long term.
