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Asterina gibbosa

Asterina phylactica is a species of sea star. It can be found in geographically widespread sites around the British Isles and in the Mediterranean Sea. It has five arms, is about 1.5 cm across and is of a green colour with central brown markings. The species was formally described in 1979 and is very similar to Asterina gibbosa.

Starlet
Photo: Parent Géry · Public domain

Overview

Asterina phylactica is a species of sea star. It can be found in geographically widespread sites around the British Isles and in the Mediterranean Sea. It has five arms, is about 1.5 cm across and is of a green colour with central brown markings. The species was formally described in 1979 and is very similar to Asterina gibbosa.

Habitat & distribution

Habitats

Marine

Video

The Big Revue, also titled as The Starlet Revue,[2] is a 1929 American musical short film produced by Warner Bros. Pictures as part of their Vitaphone Varieties series.Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures · Public domainSource ↗

Sounds

Audio pronunciation file from the Lingua Libre project.Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl · CC BY-SA 4.0

References

  1. GBIF Auto Sync GBIF
  2. WoRMS / Aphia World Register of Marine Species
  3. Wikipedia — Asterina phylactica Wikipedia

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