Barbed sunstar

Latin: Crossaster papposus
Size:
35 cm
Levested:
Hard bottom 10 - 40 m
Distribution:
Along the coast. The Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Food:
Starfish, sea urchins, mussels
Facts about prickly starfish

The red sunstar is a voracious predator that likes to attack and eat other starfish almost as big as itself.

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