cushion star

Asterina pancerii

Classification

Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Asterinidae

Culcita novaeguineae (common name, cushion star) is a species of starfish. It has short arms and an inflated appearance and resembles a pentagonal pincushion. It is variable in colour and can be found in tropical warm waters in the Indo-Pacific.

Distribution

cushion star — Chammem H, Ben Souissi J, Pérez-Ruzafa A. Checklist with first records for the Echinoderms of northern Tunisia (central Mediterranean Sea). Scientia Marina . 83(3): 277-288. DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04899.19A · CC BY 4.0

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Spain · 31France · 24Italy · 3

Sources and credits

PhotoChammem H, Ben Souissi J, Pérez-Ruzafa A. Checklist with first records for the Echinoderms of northern Tunisia (central Mediterranean Sea). Scientia Marina . 83(3): 277-288. DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04899.19A · CC BY 4.0 DescriptionCulcita novaeguineae, Wikipedia contributors

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