Protoreaster
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Protoreaster is a genus of sea star
Sea star
Starfish or sea stars are echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. The names "starfish" and "sea star" essentially refer to members of the class Asteroidea...

s in the family Oreasteridae.

Selected species

  • Protoreaster lincki
    Red-knobbed starfish
    Red-knobbed Starfish , also known as the red spine star, African sea star, and the African red knob sea star is a species of starfish. -Description:...

    (Blainville, 1830) — Red-knobbed Starfish
  • Protoreaster nodosus
    Protoreaster nodosus
    Protoreaster nodosus is a species of sea star found in the warm, shallow waters of the Indo-Pacific region. Also known as "horned" or "Chocolate Chip" sea stars, they possess rows of spines or "horns"; black conical points arranged in a single row, radially on the dorsal side, which may erode and...

    (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Protoreaster nodulosus (Perrier, 1875)
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