Protoreaster nodosus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Valvatida
- Family
- Oreasteridae
- Genus
- Protoreaster
- Species
- Protoreaster nodosus
- Scientific Name
- Protoreaster nodosus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Protoreaster nodosus
Protoreaster nodosus, commonly known as the horned sea star or chocolate chip sea star, is a species of sea star found in the warm, shallow waters of the Indo-Pacific region. They are sometimes seen in the marine aquarium trade or dried and sold as curios.
...Protoreaster nodosus in languages:
- Chinese
- 朱古力海星
- Czech
- hvězdice uzlovitá
- English
- Chocolate Chip Sea Star
- English
- Horned Sea Star
- French
- Etoile de mer à cornes
- German
- Knotiger Walzen-Seestern
- Italian
- Stella marina cornuta
- Japanese
- コブヒトデ
- Portuguese
- Estrela-gotas-de-chocolate
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