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.