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Family Asterinidae

HAWAII

Aquilonastra anomala

Kahalu'u tidepool, Hawaii

DWARF STAR

Locally common under stones in shallow water.  Has six or seven arms, color variable, breaks apart to reproduce.  Attains 0.5 inch.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.  Formerly known as Asterina anomala.