Haltungsinformationen
Typuslokalität zur Beschreibung von Culcita novaeguineae ist Papua Neuguinea, worauf sich auch der Artname "novaeguineae" bezieht..
Der bis zu 40 cm große Kissenseestern kommt in Korallenriffen an Riffkanten und -hängen vor. Er ernährt sich von Korallenpolpyen bevorzugt der Gattungen Acropora und Pocillopora, frißt auch verschiedene Wirbellose.
Der Culcita novaeguineae kommt in vielen verschiedenen Färbungen vor, er hat keine bzw. nur sehr kleine Stacheln. Auf dem Kissenseestern ist häufig die Imperatorgarnele Zenopontonia rex anzutreffen.
Culcita novaeguineae ist Wirt zahlreicher Ektoparasiten.
Synonyme:
Anthenea spinulosa (Gray, 1847) · unaccepted (A synonym according to Goto (1914))
Culcita acutispinosa Bell, 1883 · unaccepted (original combination)
Culcita arenosa Valenciennes (MS) in Perrier, 1869 · unaccepted
Culcita grex Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (validity doubtful according to...)
Culcita novaeguineae f. nesiotis Fisher, 1925 · unaccepted
Culcita novaeguineae f. novaeguineae Muller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted
Culcita novaeguineae var. acutispinosa Bell, 1883 · unaccepted
Culcita novaeguineae var. arenosa Valenciennes (MS) in Perrier, 1869 · unaccepted
Culcita novaeguineae var. leopoldi Engel, 1938 · unaccepted
Culcita novaeguineae var. plana Hartlaub, 1892 · unaccepted
Culcita novaeguineae var. typica Doderlein, 1896 · unaccepted
Culcita pentangularis Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym of C. novaeguineae...)
Culcita plana Hartlaub, 1892 · unaccepted
Culcita pulverulenta Valenciennes (MS) in Perrier, 1869 · unaccepted
Goniaster multiporum Hoffman in Rowe, 1974 · unaccepted (A synonym according to Rowe)
Goniaster sebae (de Blainville, 1830) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Goto (1914))
Goniodiscides sebae (Müller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted (A synonym according to Fisher (1919))
Goniodiscus sebae Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym according to Fisher (1919))
Hippasteria philippinensis Domantay & Roxas, 1938 · unaccepted (Synonym according to A.H. Clark (1949))
Hosia spinulosa Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (A synonym according to Koehler (1910))
Pentagonaster spinulosus (Gray, 1847) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Goto (1914))
Randasia granulata Gray, 1847 · unaccepted
Randasia spinulosa Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Unterarten(7)
Forma Culcita novaeguineae f. nesiotis Fisher, 1925 accepted as Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842
Forma Culcita novaeguineae f. novaeguineae Muller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842
Variety Culcita novaeguineae var. acutispinosa Bell, 1883 accepted as Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842
Variety Culcita novaeguineae var. arenosa Valenciennes (MS) in Perrier, 1869 accepted as Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842
Variety Culcita novaeguineae var. leopoldi Engel, 1938 accepted as Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842
Variety Culcita novaeguineae var. plana Hartlaub, 1892 accepted as Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842
Variety Culcita novaeguineae var. typica Doderlein, 1896 accepted as Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842