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Mediterranean red sea star

Echinaster sepositus

Description:

Usually this species like most of the seastars has five arms. This one have six with is not usually but not unheard of.

Habitat:

Rocky reef ant the depth of 20 meters.

Notes:

The starfish does have a remarkable ability to regenerate lost arms but sometimes regeneration doesn't go as planed and extra arm grows.

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Marek Koszorek
Spotted by
Marek Koszorek

Μακεδονία - Θράκη, Greece

Spotted on Sep 14, 2018
Submitted on Sep 14, 2018

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