Patiriella parvivipara

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Patiriella parvivipara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Class: Asteroidea Order: Spinulosida Suborder: Leptognathina Family: Asterinidae Genus: Patiriella Species: Patiriella parvivipara Dartnall, 1972

Patiriella parvivipara is an Australian species of sea star.

It is of very small size (measuring up to 1 cm) and yellow-orange colour. It is self-ferilising hermaphrodite and incubates its young in the gonads^[1].

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