Luzon Sea Star
Echinaster luzonicus
Animalia
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 5-10 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Coral reef
- Range
- Indo-Pacific
- Movement
- Walking
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Armor
- Status
- Uncommon
About
A spiny, reddish-orange sea star of the Indo-Pacific that can regenerate an entire individual from a single severed arm — making it one of the few echinoderms capable of asexual fission.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile star settles onto the seafloor after its larval phase and begins crawling and feeding.
- 2.adultFully grown, with adult arm count and pattern.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Spinulosida
- Family
- Echinasteridae
- Genus
- Echinaster
- Species
- Echinaster luzonicus