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Pin Cushion Sea Star

Culcita schmideliana

Description:

Beautiful yellow colour.

Habitat:

This particular sea sponge was photographed in the Maui Aquarium. The species lives in tropical oceans

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2 Comments

NayNay
NayNay 12 years ago

Ohhh really? Wow, thanks for the ID!! :-)

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

Great pic, NayNay, but believe it or not, this is a starfish!! It's called a Pin Cushion starfish, and the genus is Culcita sp. :) This one is a beautiful colour!

NayNay
Spotted by
NayNay

Hawaii, USA

Spotted on Oct 10, 2010
Submitted on May 10, 2011

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