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Culcita novaeguineae Mullet & Troschel 1842, the Bun Starfish,
Pincushion Star. Eastern Indian Ocean, Western Pacific. To a foot in
diameter. Though seemingly sessile, this animal requires large quarters
with plenty of open space, and feeding of bivalves, snails, fish meat,
tablets... and may eat your corals! N. Sulawesi, Indo. pic. |
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Culcita schmideliana (Retzius 1805), the
Spiny Cushion Star. Indian Ocean; eastern Africa to Malaysia. To
ten inches in diameter. In N. Sulawesi here. |
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Nidoriellia armata (Gray 1840), a Chocolate Chip Sea
Star. Family Oreasteridae. To 6.6 inches in diameter. Mid to Eastern
Pacific; Hawaii, Sea of Cortez to Peru and Galapagos. Blunt arms, large
central disc, large aboral spines dark in color. Variable color and
shape. Intertidal to 73 meters, feeds on benthic marine invertebrates,
gastropods and algae. Galapagos pix |
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Linckia guildingi Gray 1840, the Green
Linckia. Usually with five (sometimes 4 or 6) arms that are
cylindrical in cross section. Skin appears smooth but is coarse
with low, hard nodules. Though called "green" occurs in
other colors (tan, beige, brown, blue, reddish). Found in Indian, Pacific,
Atlantic Oceans and Caribbean. Big Island Hawaii
pix.
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