Sand Sifting Sea Star (species: Archaster typicus) in Green Island (Gaia Guide)
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Archaster typicus
Sand Sifting Sea Star


©David Witherall and Tulsi Patel: Sand Sifting Sea Star (Archaster typicus), Green Island

©Anne: At low tide on mudflat at Mangrove Beach in July 2007

©Anne: The outline is often all that is visible. At low tide on mudflat at Mangrove Beach in July 2007

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Archasteridae
Genus Archaster
Species Archaster typicus

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Distinguishing features

Tube feet cylindrical, with a terminal disc.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution: Archaster typicus

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References

  • Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe (1971). Monograph of shallow-water Indo-west Pacific echinoderms British Museum (Natural History), London.
  • Coleman, N. (2007). Sea Stars: Echinoderms of the Asia/Indo-Pacific Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic, Springwood, Qld. Australia.
  • Rowe, F.W.E. and J. Gates (1995). Echinodermata in: Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33, xiii, 510 pp. Wells, A. (Ed.). CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia.