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Order: Valvatida - Family Ophidiasteridae

Leiaster coriaceus

(Peters, 1852)

Red-Spot Sea Star

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

Range: Western Pacific Ocean: South China Sea and New Caledonia.

Natural Environment: Inhabits lagoons and outer reefs.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home tropical aquarium trade.

Feeds on other invertebrates.

Best left in the wild.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Echinodermata

    Class: Asteroidea

    Order: Valvatida

    Family: Goniasteridae

    Genus: Leiaster

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

 Leiaster coriaceus (Red-Spot Sea Star)
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