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Seven-armed Sea Star

Astrostole scabra

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) chrishenry, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 16, February 8, March 4, April 13, May 10, June 4, July 3, August 6, September 2, October 4, November 6, December 7.
New Zealand83
Wellington Region32
Otago Region18
Canterbury Region8
Southland Region8
Taranaki Region7
West Coast Region5
Australia4
Tasmania3
New South Wales1

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
GenusAstrostole

Sources

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Practise Seven-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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