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Oreaster
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Oreaster

Oreaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Red Cushion Sea Star

speciesOreaster reticulatus

Oreaster clavatus

speciesOreaster clavatus

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49503.