Heliaster cumingi (Gray, 1840) is a animal in the Heliasteridae family, order Forcipulatida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Heliaster cumingi (Gray, 1840)

Heliaster cumingi (Gray, 1840)

Heliaster cumingi is a starfish species in the Heliasteridae family found in the eastern Pacific from the Gulf of California to the Galápagos.

Family
Genus
Heliaster
Order
Forcipulatida
Class
Asteroidea

About Heliaster cumingi (Gray, 1840)

Heliaster cumingi is a species of starfish that belongs to the family Heliasteridae. This species is distributed in the Gulf of California, along the coast of Ecuador, and around the Galápagos Islands.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Forcipulatida Heliasteridae Heliaster

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