Callopatiria formosa (Mortensen, 1933) is a animal in the Asterinidae family, order Valvatida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Callopatiria formosa (Mortensen, 1933)
Callopatiria formosa, the grey or beautiful starfish, is an Asterinidae echinoderm found in South Africa.
Callopatiria formosa, commonly known as the grey starfish or beautiful starfish, is an echinoderm that belongs to the family Asterinidae. This species is found in South Africa. It was originally described under the name Parasterina formosa by T. Mortensen in his 1933 publication Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea).
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Patiria miniata (Brandt, 1835)
Parvulastra exigua (Lamarck, 1816)
Callopatiria granifera (Gray, 1847)
Patiriella regularis (Verrill, 1867)
Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)
Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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