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two-spined star fish

Astropecten duplicatus

Classification

Astropecten duplicatus, the two-spined sea star, is a starfish in the family Astropectinidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Description Astropecten duplicatus normally has five long slender, tapering arms which are flattened dorso-ventrally.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 60Cuba · 5France · 2Mexico · 2Netherlands · 2United Kingdom · 1