Blue Spiny Starfish (Coscinasterias tenuispina)

Invertebrateverified

Coscinasterias tenuispina

(Lamarck, 1816)

Blue Spiny Starfish

Also known as: White Sea Star

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Asteroidea

Order

Forcipulatida

Family

Asteriidae

Where to find it

occasional

Montenegro

Other species in Asteriidae

Asterias rubens

Asterias rubens

Common Sea Star

Marthasterias glacialis

Marthasterias glacialis

Spiny Starfish

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