Animalia > Echinodermata > Asteroidea > Valvatida > Goniasteridae > Ceramaster > Ceramaster patagonicus

Ceramaster patagonicus (Cookie cutter sea star)

Synonyms: Ceramaster grenadensis patagonicus; Ceramaster lennoxkingi; Mediaster patagonicus; Pentagonaster austrogranularis; Pentagonaster patagonicus

Wikipedia Abstract

Ceramaster patagonicus, the cookie star, is a species of sea star. It is bright orange or yellow in colour. Its arms are short and it has no spines. It is a deep water species and lives on rocky sea beds. Its diet includes sponges.
View Wikipedia Record: Ceramaster patagonicus

Infraspecies

Ceramaster patagonicus euryplax
Ceramaster patagonicus fisheri
Ceramaster patagonicus patagonicus
Ceramaster patagonicus productus

External References

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Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0