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Dwarf Cushion Star
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Dwarf Cushion Star

Parvulastra exigua

Parvulastra exigua, or the dwarf cushion star is a species of sea star. It can be found in temperate intertidal marine communities from geographically widespread sites around the southern hemisphere (including South Africa and Australia).

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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 348893.