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Astrometis
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Astrometis

Astrometis sertulifera, the fragile rainbow star, is the only species of sea star in the monotypic genus Astrometis. It is found from Santa Barbara to the Gulf of California.

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Fragile Rainbow Star

speciesAstrometis sertulifera

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 195904.