red spiny cushion star

Glabraster antarctica

Classification

Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Poraniidae

Glabraster is a genus of starfish in the family Poraniidae. It is monotypic, the sole species being Glabraster antarctica. It is also known as the red spiny cushion star.

Distribution

red spiny cushion star — (c) Erasmo Macaya Horta, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Chile · 86Argentina · 14France · 5United Kingdom · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Erasmo Macaya Horta, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionGlabraster, Wikipedia contributors

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