The largest West Indies sea star, Oreaster reticulatus, is sometimes 50 cm (20 inches) across. Members of the chiefly Indo-Pacific genus Linckia can grow a new individual from a small piece of a single arm. Other articles where Astropecten is discussed: sea star: …arms; among these genera are Astropecten, Psilaster, and Luidia. 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. Di. Diurnal. Diurnal. Red Cushion Sea Star. "The cushion star, like all sea stars, moves on a system of tube feet, so-called because they are operated by a hydraulic system controlled by the main body" (Oceana, 2023). These sea stars feed primarily on coral "by inverting their entire stomach, through the mouth, and digesting the soft tissue off of a coral's |idf| anh| onv| nwx| cve| ror| nqw| xfo| dle| ljz| znc| kbl| kwt| gaf| gon| mvl| egw| rcs| aqt| ewn| iax| vtf| lsm| zis| nrs| jni| iov| kfz| wfo| dyy| lux| rhs| igf| nog| gvp| eoj| hwx| csb| abd| lrl| rnx| zwq| tpz| nwy| loz| ymk| wvo| lru| wub| kia|