Cushion Stars

This seastar is common in the Indian Ocean and in the Western Pacific.

Chocolate Chip Star Fish with Blue Linckia.

from the Sea of Cortez, Mexico

Category hierarchy: Animals | EchinodermsDescription: Oreaster reticulatus in shallow water.Capture device: Camera: Pentax M20Original date: 20070505Locality: Latitude: 1.833810000000000e+001; Longitude: -6.489410000000000e+001

Estrella chocolate chip, Nidorellia armataMar de Cortés

Estrella cojín panámica, Pentaceraster cumingiMar de Cortés

Nidorellia armata, oral view (alcohol preserved)Nidorellia armata, collected off Marchena Island, Galapagos Islands, North Pacific Ocean, from a depth of 10 m.

Nidorellia armata, aboral view (alcohol preserved)Nidorellia armata, collected off Marchena Island, Galapagos Islands, North Pacific Ocean, from a depth of 10 m.

Nidorellia armata, lateral viewNidorellia armata, Isla Taboguilla, Panama, eastern Pacific.

Nidorellia armata, oral viewNidorellia armata, Isla Taboguilla, Panama, eastern Pacific.

Nidorellia armataNidorellia armata, Isla Taboguilla, Panama, eastern Pacific.

Nidorellia armata, oral viewNidorellia armata, collected from Isla Taboguilla, Panama, eastern Pacific.

Nidorellia armata, aboral viewNidorellia armata, collected from Isla Taboguilla, Panama, eastern Pacific.

Oreaster reticulatus, lateral viewOreaster reticulatus (USNM E39025), collected off the Back Reef of Looe Key (on sand with Syringodium spp. & Thalassia spp.) Florida Keys, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean.

Oreaster reticulatus, oral viewOreaster reticulatus (USNM E39025), collected off the Back Reef of Looe Key (on sand with Syringodium spp. & Thalassia spp.) Florida Keys, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean.