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2. Parvulastra parvivipara - Wikipedia

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   Parvulastra parvivipara is a very small species of starfish in the family Asterinidae. It is a viviparous species and gives birth to live young. It lives in rock pools on intertidal granite rocks in a limited area of South Australia.

3. Astropecten spinulosus - Wikipedia

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   It looks like a slender starfish and sometimes it has rounded ends of the arms. The aboral side has always dark colour: brown, reddish-brown, rarely greenish. It is the only Astropecten that often moves away from mobile seabed and it is possible to meet them on hard bottoms, in cave or climbing on Posidonia oceanica. It is a small starfish ...

4. Astropecten polyacanthus - Wikipedia

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   Astropecten polyacanthus, the sand sifting starfish or comb sea star, is a sea star of the family Astropectinidae. It is the most widespread species in the genus Astropecten, found throughout the Indo-Pacific region. The armspread is up to 20 cm (8 in). [2] The specific epithet "polyacanthus" comes from the Latin meaning "many thorned". [3]

5. Aquilonastra conandae - Wikipedia

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   Aquilonastra conandae is a species of starfish from the family Asterinidae found near the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean. It is known for its asexual reproduction and is fissiparous . It is a small starfish, discrete and camouflaged, and occurs in coral reefs in the surf zone of large waves.

6. Asterina pancerii - Wikipedia

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   Asterina pancerii is a very small starfish, seldom exceeding 1 cm (0.4 in) in diameter. It is pentagonal with five short, broad arms scarcely differentiated from the disc. The somewhat inflated aboral (upper) surface is covered by a mosaic of tiled plates each bearing a small tuft of three to eight regularly spaced crystalline spines.

7. Leptasterias muelleri - Wikipedia

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   The Leptasterias muelleri is a small starfish that is often about 5 cm (2 in) in diameter but can grow to 20 cm (8 in). It has a small disc and five broad, tapering arms that are demarcated from the disc. The aboral (upper) surface is rough, being covered with longitudinally arranged, knob-shaped spines.

8. Ophidiaster granifer - Wikipedia

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   Ophidiaster granifer is a small five armed starfish with a cryptic mottled brown colouration. It has a rough, granular appearance and grows to a diameter of about 10 cm (4 in). The disc is quite small and the medium-length, fairly broad arms have rounded tips. [2] [3] [4]

9. Patiria miniata - Wikipedia

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   Patiria miniata, the bat star, sea bat, webbed star, or broad-disk star, is a species of sea star (also called a starfish) in the family Asterinidae. It typically has five arms, with the center disk of the animal being much wider than the stubby arms are in length. [2] Although the bat star usually has five arms, it sometimes has as many as ...