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Gomophia egyptiaca Gray 1840, Egyptian Seastar. Indo Pacific; Red Sea to the South Pacific. Needs shade, calcareous rocks which it feeds on the life on. Typified by isolated tubercles each surrounded by a white ring. Here in the Red Sea and S. Sulawesi.

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Gomophia watsoni (Livingstone 1936), Watson's Brittlestar. Tropical Australia endemic. To four inches across. Notably, this species of Seastar is a grazer on detritus and algae. Here in Queensland, Australia.

Leiaster glaber Peters 1852, the Red Velvet Star. Slender arms, irregular red blotching, small central disc. To about 8 inches across. Indo-Pacific including eastern Pacific. Nocturnal, unlike the similar Linckia guildingi of similar coloring and markings. Here in Hawai'i.

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The Genus Nardoa: Especially when started small, these species tend to get along with most all other invertebrate livestock. From the Indian to Central Pacific Oceans; Africa to the Philippines. Typified as having knobby tuberculations on their aboral surfaces.

Nardoa frianti Koehler 1910. Bears tubercular warts on the margins of the body as well as the upper/aboral surface. Eastern Indo-Western Pacific; Andaman Sea, Micronesia, Noumea, Philippines. Fiji 2017.

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Nardoa galatheae Brown Mesh Seastar. To 20 cm., 8". Tapered, cylindrical arms. Indo-W. Pacific. Bali 2014

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Nardoa novaecaledoniae (Perrier 1875). West Pacific; Noumea, N. Australia, Indo, Philippines, PNG. Here in N. Sulawesi, and St. Louis... Found in shallow reef, rocky areas 1-5 m in depth.

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Nardoa rosea Clark 1921. Large tubercles on non-marginal parts of arms. Found in shallow reef, rocky areas.

Nardoa tuberculata Gray 1840. Mottled or Warty Seastar. Indo-West Pacific. Shallow rocky reefs. To eight inches. N. Sulawesi pic, close-up during the day.

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