Parvulastra vivipara
| Tasmanian Live-bearing Seastar | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Asterozoa |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Asterinidae |
| Genus: | Parvulastra |
| Species: | P. vivipara |
| Binomial name | |
| Parvulastra vivipara | |
The Tasmanian Live-bearing Seastar is a tiny, uniformly orange-yellow seastar, up to 15 mm across. The species usually has five short arms and is a rounded, pentagon shape. Morphological variation is common and three, four or six arms are occasionally present. It is endemic to coastal waters in southeast Tasmania. [1]
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