Andromeda starfish

Latin: Psilaster andromeda

Size:

20 cm in diameter.

Levested:

Soft seabed from 30-1500 meters deep.

Distribution:

In the Northeast Atlantic from Biscay to the Arctic. All along the Norwegian coast.

Food:

Mussels, other echinoderms and detritus.

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