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Weird stuff! One of the starfish I described will be a....TOY???? #EchinoblogInJapan2015

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Author: ChrisM
Date: 2015-01-29 11:07:00
Blog: Echinoblog
URL: http://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/weird-stuff-one-of-my-starfish-will-be.html

Summary:

Back in 2003,  I described this very ODD deep-sea starfish. Astrosarkus idipi, a weird and HUGE sea star which had a pretty weird body plan.. You can read my full post about it here.  It occurs in relatively deep-water and is pretty big. About the size of a pumpkin. This species was honored by Quentin Wheeler & Sara Pennak as one of the world's most amazing 100 species!  You can get the

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Astrosarkus, Astrosarkus idipi, HUGE sea star, ODD deep-sea starfish, pretty weird body, Quentin Wheeler, Sara Pennak, Weird stuff

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