Cushioned Star

Oreaster reticulatus

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–69 m

The cushion star is a thick, heavy five armed sea star of seagrass beds and mangrove channels, often a warm orange brown. It plods slowly over the bottom and will feed on coral, grazing the tissue from the colony as it moves.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Echinodermata › Asteroidea › Valvatida › Oreasteridae › Oreaster

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 178210.