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Order: Valvatida - Family Goniasteridae

Tosia australis

Gray, 1840

Southern Biscuit Sea Star

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

Range: Western Pacific Ocean: Southern Australia to the Antarctic.

Size: 2 inches (5 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits sandy and muddy bottom areas.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home tropical aquarium trade.

A temperate water species.

Best left in the wild.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Echinodermata

    Class: Asteroidea

    Order: Valvatida

    Family: Goniasteridae

    Genus: Tosia

FYI: Was previously identified as Pentaceraster tuberculatus.

Shown here for identification only.

 Tosia australis (Southern Biscuit Sea Star)
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