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Patiria miniata, the bat star, sea bat, webbed star, or broad-disk star, is a species of sea star (also called a starfish) in the family Asterinidae. It typically has five arms, with the center disk of the animal being much wider than the stubby arms are in length. [2] Although the bat star usually has five arms, it sometimes has as many as ...
Patiria pectinifera may be preyed on by the carnivorous starfish Luidia quinaria. [3] In Peter the Great Gulf , this starfish breeds twice a year, in the autumn and the spring. Females spawn about 500,000 eggs each year.
Like other starfish in the family Asteriidae, Marthasterias glacialis is a predator and feeds mostly on bivalve molluscs and other invertebrates. [6] It has been found that secondary metabolites known as saponins , found within the starfish's tissues, have a dramatic effect on the whelk Buccinum undatum .
[3] [4] Cullendulla Creek also flows into Batemans Bay, between the townships of Surfside and Longbeach, west of Square Head. [ 5 ] The total catchment area of the bay is approximately 28 square kilometres (11 sq mi) and the bay holds an estimated 383,484 megalitres (13,542.6 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft) of water at an average depth of 11.1 metres (36 ft).
Oreaster reticulatus, commonly known as the red cushion sea star or the West Indian sea star, is a species of marine invertebrate, a starfish in the family Oreasteridae. It is found in shallow water in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
Culcita novaeguineae (common name, cushion star) is a species of starfish. It has short arms and an inflated appearance and resembles a pentagonal pincushion . It is variable in colour and can be found in tropical warm waters in the Indo-Pacific .
Pentaceraster cumingi, sometimes known as the Panamic cushion star, Cortez starfish or knobby star (a name also used for other species), is a species of starfish in the family Oreasteridae. It is found in warmer parts of the East Pacific ( Gulf of California to northwest Peru , including offshore islands like the Galápagos ) and in Hawaii . [ 1 ]
The common sunstar is commonly found on rocky bottoms, coarse sand and gravel in the bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral zone (from low-tide line up to depths of 300 m).