Starfish ID

[Gabby]

When I first stayed in Nusa Dua and walked the tidal flats I was gobsmacked at the number of starfish - you could easily count a hundred in a couple of hours of walking the flats! Perth doesn't have anything to rival that!

I was trying to find out the species of this seemingly common starfish but Google came up with nothing.

Can anyone help? Common name would be fine, latin name would be great!

Cheers
Gabby

 

[chilli]

Hi Gabby,

not 100% sure but you can try Echinodermata +Asteroidea

(tropical Indo).

hope this helps.

 

[Dyah]

I found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish#Gallery

-Dyah