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Beautiful Sea Star
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Beautiful Sea Star

Callopatiria formosa

Callopatiria formosa, the grey starfish or beautiful starfish, is an echinoderm in the family Asterinidae found in South Africa.

Originally described as Parasterina formosa by T. Mortensen, in Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea), 1933.

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