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Carpet Seastar
Meridiastra calcar
-38.2138, 145.041
Field Notes
Description:
Brightly coloured seastars, one orange and the other blue about 70 mm wide. These had eight short arms with large aboral discs.
Clearly visible on the aboral/upper surface of blue seastar is the madreporite (pic 4) which is a pale calcareous perforated disc that controls the amount of water that gets in or out of the seastar's vascular system- like a pressure equaliser.
Habitat:
Spotted at low tide in rock pools in the tidal zone -Port Phillip Bay.
Notes:
These were amongst the rocks with a myriad other marine creatures. Also called cushion seastar.
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