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Glabraster
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Glabraster

Glabraster is a genus of starfish in the family Poraniidae. It is monotypic, the sole species being Glabraster antarctica. It is also known as the red spiny cushion star.

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first

red spiny cushion star

speciesGlabraster antarctica

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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 790699.