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Star fish

Oreaster reticulatus

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Disabled star

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pesayo 12 years ago

Red Cushion Sea Star

Oreaster reticulatus Oreaster reticulatus

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5 Comments

Caleb Steindel 11 years ago

same here, two cans

MaryL 11 years ago

I've never seen a seastar with only four arms.

annmarie.salem 12 years ago

a four legged star! how cool!

pesayo 12 years ago

According the link below, and the photos on the Wikipedia page, it looks like Oreaster reticulatus comes in a four legged variety occasionally.

http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/cor...

alicelongmartin 12 years ago

A type of Star Fish.

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JoshuaSantana

Panamá, Panama

Spotted on Aug 14, 2011
Submitted on Aug 14, 2011

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