Beaded Starfish (Pentaceraster mammillatus)

Invertebrateverified

Pentaceraster mammillatus

(Audouin, 1826)

Beaded Starfish

Also known as: Multicolored Knobbed Sea Star, Multicolored Knobbed Starfish

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Taxonomy

Class

Asteroidea

Order

Valvatida

Family

Oreasteridae

Where to find it

rare

Tanzania

Other species in Oreasteridae

Culcita novaeguineae

Culcita novaeguineae

Cushion Star

Culcita schmideliana

Culcita schmideliana

Pincushion Cushionstar

Choriaster granulatus

Choriaster granulatus

Grainy Cushion Star

Protoreaster lincki

Protoreaster lincki

Red-Knobbed Sea Star

Oreaster reticulatus

Oreaster reticulatus

Cushion Sea Star

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