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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Asteroidea |
Order: | Spinulosida |
Family: | Echinasteridae |
Genus: | Metrodira |
Species: | M. subulata
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Binomial name | |
Metrodira subulata Gray, 1840
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Metrodira subulata is a species of starfish in the family Echinasteridae. It is found on the seabed in shallow parts of the Indo-Pacific region.
Metrodira subulata has long, slender tapering arms. The aboral (upper) surface has many granulations and large pores. The margins have a row of smooth plates and there are short spines at the junctions of the plates. The colour of the aboral surface is yellowish brown. [2] The spines are red, which contrasts with the sombre body colour and is considered an aposematic trait. [3]
Metrodira subulata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Asteroidea |
Order: | Spinulosida |
Family: | Echinasteridae |
Genus: | Metrodira |
Species: | M. subulata
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Binomial name | |
Metrodira subulata Gray, 1840
[1]
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Metrodira subulata is a species of starfish in the family Echinasteridae. It is found on the seabed in shallow parts of the Indo-Pacific region.
Metrodira subulata has long, slender tapering arms. The aboral (upper) surface has many granulations and large pores. The margins have a row of smooth plates and there are short spines at the junctions of the plates. The colour of the aboral surface is yellowish brown. [2] The spines are red, which contrasts with the sombre body colour and is considered an aposematic trait. [3]