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Coronaster briareus
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Coronaster briareus

Coronaster briareus is a species of starfish in the family Asteriidae. It is fast moving and grows to nearly 30 cm. As a defense mechanism it can shed its legs, which later regenerate.

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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 293048.