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orange knobby star
Plate 1 of 5. (c) (Photo: Thelma LP Dias) Gondim AI, Alonso C, Dias TLP, Manso CLC, Christoffersen ML (2013) A taxonomic guide to the brittlestars(Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the State of Paraíba continental shelf, Northeastern Brazil. ZooKeys 307: 45–96. doi: 10.389, some rights reserved (CC BY) · via iNaturalist

orange knobby star

Echinaster echinophorus

The orange knobby star, Echinaster echinophorus, is a species of sea star found in the Caribbean Sea and along the Atlantic coast of South America.

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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 255911.