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Porania pulvillus is up to 12 cm (4.7 in) in diameter. The aboral surface (top) is usually bright red but may be purple, orange or yellow. It has white/yellowish spots and bands that radiate from the centre, and smooth greasy skin. [6]
The appearance of this sea star can be highly variable (colors, plates, presence of plates on the central disc, armpits...), and its identification using picture can be difficult, as many other species (like Fromia nodosa) can have a very similar aspect.
Odontaster validus in Tokyo Sea Life Park. Odontaster validus is an omnivorous scavenger and consumes anything it finds including carrion, detritus, the faeces of seals, red algae, bivalve shells, sponges, hydroids, other sea star, sea urchins, isopods, bryozoans, amphipods, crustacean larvae, ostracods, shrimps and diatoms. [2]
L. clathrata is found around the coastlines of the western Atlantic Ocean, from Virginia south to Brazil, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.It is usually on sandy or muddy sea beds down to a depth around 40 m (130 ft), although it is occasionally found in deeper waters down to 100 m (330 ft).
Choriaster granulatus is a large sea star with a convex body and five short arms. The arms have rounded tips, making it appear "phallic", leading to one of its common names being "the doughboy starfish". Relatively large in comparison with other sea stars, its maximum radius is about 27 centimetres (11 in).
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Goniasteridae are usually middle-sized sea stars with a characteristic double range of marginal plates bordering the disk and arms. Most of them have five arms, often short and triangular, around a broad central disc; many species are pentagonal or subpentagonal, covered densely with granular, seed-like protuberances, hence the name of the ...
Some animals from the New England Seamounts: gorgonian soft coral, a brisingid sea star, and sponges The seamount chain provides a unique habitat for deep sea marine creatures. Coral formations grow on the rocky outcrops, resembling underwater forests that provide shelter for invertebrates and fish. [ 6 ]