Saturday 15 August 2015

Creature 319: Astropecten articulatus





Easy one

I have been publishing a lot of lazy posts lately because I am very close to submitting my PhD thesis. Today is no exception.
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Astropecten articulatus is a fairly common but cool looking Starfish.

Starfish


Distribution:
Astropecten articulatus can be found in the Carribean and along the East coast of the United States and South America as far south as Brazil.

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Paxillosida
Family: Astropectinidae
Genus: Astropecten
Species: Astropecten articulatus

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