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Sea Star, Pin Cushion

Scientific name:

Eurygonias hylacanthus

Maori name:

Other names:

Category:

Invertebrate

Phylum:

Echinodermata

Class:

Asteroidea

Family:

Odontasteridae

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Common habitat(s):

Rocky Reef Subtidal

Other information:

Feeding:

Scavenger

Distribution:

New Zealand

Edibility:

Inedible

Size:

Hand Sized

Identification:

Brick-red, pentagonal to pentagonal-steallate.Marginal plates larger in the angles between the arms than at the tips of the arms.

Habitat:

Restricted to New Zealand, occurring off Oaro (Kaikoura) and off Wellington. Deepwater.

Diet:

It is a scavenger.

Lifestyle:

Broadcast spawner.

Notes:

References:

http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio07Tuat03-t1-body-d5.html accessed 12/02/14.