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Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842

Pin Cushion Seastar




Emily Searle (2011)

 

 

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Initial juvenile size 0.5mm in diameter, about 18μg underwater weight. (Yamaguchi 1977)

Average newly formed adult is about 23g underwater. (Yamaguchi 1977)

Adults collected from Heron  ranged from 1.25-2.88kg.

 


Photo courtesy of James Dobson, The University of Queensland.

 

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