Stegnaster inflatus
| Stegnaster inflatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Eleutherozoa |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Asterinidae |
| Genus: | Stegnaster |
| Species: | S. inflatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Stegnaster inflatus Hutton, 1872 | |
Stegnaster inflatus, or the New Zealand cushion star, is a sea star of the family Asterinidae, endemic to New Zealand.
References
- Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
- NIWA
- SeaFriends
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