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

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

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