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Mouth of Magnificent Star starfish (Luidia magnifica) - note regenerating legs

Description

Mouth of Magnificent Star starfish (Luidia magnifica) - note regenerating legs. Tube feet are red-tipped. This starfish species has either ten or eleven arms.They live buried under the sand.

Photographer

Dr. Dwayne Meadows

Display Date

2004 July

Location

Northwest Hawaiian Islands

Collection

Coral Kingdom

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA
NMFS
OPR

Keywords

Coral Reefs