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Sea Stars, Class Asteroidea

part 9 of 11

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By Bob Fenner

 

"Other" Asteroids One Sees From Time To Time:

Echinaster luzonicus (Gray 1840). Variable in color (yellow, green, brown, red... to mottled). Western Pacific. This one in S. Sulawesi.

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Genus Mithrodia:

Mithrodia bradleyi Verrill 1867, Bradley's Sea Star. Family Mithrodiidae. Subcylindrical arms that constrict toward the small central area. Irregular blunt spines over all arms. To fourteen inches across. Eastern and Central Pacific; Lower Sea of Cortez to Peru, including Galapagos Islands. Galapagos pic.

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Mithrodia clavigera Bali 2014, TiffB pic

Mithrodia fisheri Holly 1932, Fisher's Star. Body covered with large bumps. Color variable; from white to cinnamon, generally with dark banding on roundish arms that have a lateral row of blunt spines. Feeds on sponges, bryozoans, other sessile invertebrates. Most about 4-6 inches in diameter though attains at least a foot. Daytime and nocturnal. Kona pix.


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