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Eleven-armed Sea Star

Coscinasterias muricata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 147, February 94, March 112, April 107, May 110, June 82, July 68, August 84, September 91, October 71, November 83, December 96.
Australia1,145
New Zealand620
Victoria413
New South Wales346
South Australia222
Wellington Region169
Auckland Region130
Tasmania106
Marlborough Region67
Tasman Region45

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • RegenerationCan regrow lost body partsFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumEchinoderms · Echinodermata
ClassSea Stars · Asteroidea
OrderForcipulatidan Sea Stars · Forcipulatida
FamilyAsteriid Sea Stars · Asteriidae
GenusCoscinasterias

Sources

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Practise Eleven-armed Sea Star with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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