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> Sea Stars > Coscinasterias acutispina
Updated 8/14/2016
Family Asteriidae
WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII
Coscinasterias
acutispina
French Frigate Shoals, NWHI
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Yawatano, Izu, Japan, 8 feet |
Yawatano, Izu, Japan, 8 feet |
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Kalaupapa, Moloka'i, 12 feet |
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SHARP-SPINED SEA STAR
Uncommon under stones in shallow water.
A fast-moving species that readily loses an arm to reproduce. Attains 6 inches. Hawai'i to Japan. |
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