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Heliaster helianthus is a multi-armed starfish, the number of arms usually being in the range 28 to 39, and the diameter typically being between 16 and 20 cm (6 and 8 in). The aboral (upper) surface is brown with reddish tubercles while the oral (under) surface is white or yellowish-white.
Luidia ciliaris, the seven-armed sea star, is a species of sea star (starfish) ... growing to 40 cm (16 in) across, and easily losing its arms (which afterwards ...
Labidiaster annulatus has a wide central disc and 40 to 45 long narrow rays and can reach a diameter of 60 centimetres (24 in). [2] The disc is slightly inflated and is raised above the base of the rays. The madreporite is large and near the edge of the disc. The aboral or upper surface is covered in a meshed network of small slightly ...
Luidia clathrata is a large, flattish starfish, sometimes growing to a diameter of 30 cm (12 in). It has a relatively small disc and five slender arms, which are two or three times the diameter of the disc.
Luidia ciliaris (Philippi, 1837) – seven-armed star; Luidia clathrata (Say, 1825) – slender-armed starfish, gray sea star, lined sea star; Luidia columbia (Gray, 1840) Luidia denudata Koehler, 1910; Luidia difficilis Liu, Liao & Li, 2006; Luidia ferruginea Ludwig, 1905; Luidia foliolata (Grube, 1866) – spiny mudstar, leafy flat star, sand ...
Luidia foliolata, the sand star, is a species of starfish in the family Luidiidae found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean on sandy and muddy seabeds at depths to about 600 m (2,000 ft). Description [ edit ]
Naples, Florida has a starfish problem -- but not the kind you're used to seeing.This isn't your average Patrick Starfish! These sea creatures are known as 9-armed sea stars, and thy look a bit ...
Luidia superba is probably the largest five-armed starfish in the world. [2] The largest specimen from Tagus Cove in the Galapagos Islands had a radius, measured from the centre of the disc to the tip of the arms, of 41.5 centimetres (16.3 in).