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Six legged bat star

Asterina miniata

Description:

This bright red sea star has orange tube feet. These usually have five legs but can sometimes have six or seven

Habitat:

Rock pools at low tide.

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6 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Thanks pam and leuba and argy bee.

pamsai
pamsai 11 years ago

Beautiful Martin... Very familiar from my childhood!

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 11 years ago

....grape flavoured, perhaps ...yum!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Queensland colours.. especially the yellow ! :-)

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Possible ID is the bat star
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/ba...

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

"Queenslander" colours ;) It's lovely Martin.

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jan 7, 2013
Submitted on Jan 7, 2013

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