Marine Invertebrates
Sea Stars, Sea Urchins & allies (Echinodermata)
Sea Stars (Asteroidea)
Sighting 4460562

Unidentified

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Unidentified at suppressed - 20 Oct 2013
Unidentified at suppressed - 20 Oct 2013
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Identification history

Meridiastra calcar 20 Mar 2024 BushRenegade
Parvulastra exigua 25 Dec 2022 AlisonMilton

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BushRenegade wrote:
   20 Mar 2024
Parvulastra exigua is a small five armed sea star. Note the above has at least eight arms and is more likely M. calcar eight armed or carpet sea star so named due to its colour patterning

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Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 20 Oct 2013 03:00 PM Recorded on
  • AlisonMilton Recorded by

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  • less than 1m Depth of sighting

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