Name
Astropecten
sea star
Framing
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Asterozoa
Class: Asteroidea
Genus: Astropecten
Habitat
Marine, benthic, soft bottoms
Feeding
Carnivore
Distribution
Seas all over the world. Mediterranean.
Conservation status
Abundant
Additional information
Body disc large and flat, base of arms broad, boundary between disc and arms very blurred. Arms triangular, flattened dorso-ventrally. Marginal plates with elongated and pointed external spines.
Additional information
Bibliography
Baeta, M., & Ramón, M. (2013). Feeding ecology of three species of Astropecten (Asteroidea) coexisting on shallow sandy bottoms of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Marine biology, 160(11), 2781-2795.