Common Comet Star (Linckia guildingi)

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Linckia guildingi

Gray, 1840

Common Comet Star

Also known as: Green Linckia, Guilding's Sea Star

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Taxonomy

Class

Asteroidea

Order

Valvatida

Family

Ophidiasteridae

Other species in Ophidiasteridae

Linckia laevigata

Linckia laevigata

Azure Sea Star

Nardoa variolata

Nardoa variolata

Button Star

Ophidiaster guildingi

Ophidiaster guildingi

Comet Star

Ophidiaster ophidianus

Ophidiaster ophidianus

Purple Sea Star

Linckia multifora

Linckia multifora

Multipore Sea Star

Hacelia attenuata

Hacelia attenuata

Smooth Starfish

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