Eleven-armed sea star
A species of Coscinasterias Scientific name : Coscinasterias muricata Genus : Coscinasterias
Eleven-armed sea star, A species of Coscinasterias
Botanical name: Coscinasterias muricata
Genus: Coscinasterias
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Description
C. muricata is the largest starfish in southern Australia and can reach a diameter of 50 cm (20 in). It is has seven to fourteen arms, with eleven being the commonest number. The aboral (upper) surface of the arms has longitudinal rows of short spines along the surface and margins and the oral (lower) surface has two rows of tube feet. The colour is orange mottled with shades of blue, green, grey and reddish-brown. This starfish is prone to shedding its arms, making it asymmetric until new arms have grown.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Echinoderms Class
Sea stars Order
Forcipulatidan sea stars Family
Asteriid sea stars Genus
Coscinasterias Species
Eleven-armed sea star 
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