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orange knobby star

Echinaster echinophorus

Classification

The orange knobby star, Echinaster echinophorus, is a species of sea star found in the Caribbean Sea and along the Atlantic coast of South America. Description It is a small species with a diameter of up to 7 cm (2. 8 in).

Distribution

(c) (Photo: Thelma LP Dias) Gondim AI, Alonso C, Dias TLP, Manso CLC, Christoffersen ML (2013) A taxonomic guide to the brittlestars(Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the State of Paraíba continental shelf, Northeastern Brazil. ZooKeys 307: 45–96. doi: 10.389, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 1