Chocolate Chip Sea Star -Protoreaster nodosus

Diver's Lodge House Reef, Lembeh.

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Christine Young

Lion

Love these :) Posted 5 years ago
1. Patomarazul
  
  Lion
  
  Just a sea cookie! Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    Now I'm hungry! They kind of remind me of a meringue cookie that has been blowtorched a bit! Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Patomarazul
      
      Lion
      
      ...and imagine that the dark nodes are made of chocolate! :-D Posted 5 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Yum ;) Posted 5 years ago

The Horned Sea Star

''Protoreaster nodosus'', commonly known as the horned sea star or chocolate chip sea star,...hieroglyph snipped... is a species of sea star found in the warm, shallow waters of the Indo-Pacific region. They are sometimes seen in the marine aquarium trade.

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Similar species: Valvatidan Sea Stars

Species identified by Patomarazul