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Horned Sea Star

Protoreaster nodosus

Description:

About 20cm large, 5 bold arms pale colour, with black conical spikes arranged in a single row, radially on the dorsal side.

Habitat:

Spotted at Bunaken Marine Park, North Sulawesi In shallow water.

Notes:

These dark protrusions are used to scare away possible predators, by looking frightening or dangerous. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Valvatida Family: Oreasteridae Genus: Protoreaster Species: P. nodosus

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JordiPrats

Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia

Spotted on Aug 6, 2016
Submitted on Mar 7, 2017

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