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Chilean Bat Star

Patiria chilensis

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Easily confused with

Bat StarPatiria miniata

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

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Chile.

Chile	140
RegiÃ³n del BÃo-BÃo	102
RegiÃ³n de ValparaÃso	19
RegiÃ³n de Coquimbo	14
Peru	3
RegiÃ³n de TarapacÃ¡	2
RegiÃ³n del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins	2
Arequipa	2
RegiÃ³n de Atacama	1
Lima	1

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

Traits

Physical

RegenerationCan regrow lost body partsFrom its classification

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Echinoderms · Echinodermata
Class	Sea Stars · Asteroidea
Order	Valvatidan Sea Stars · Valvatida
Family	Cushion Stars, Carpet Stars, and Allies · Asterinidae
Genus	Bat Stars · Patiria

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
How much to rely on each source

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Practise Chilean Bat 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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