Icon Star

Iconaster longimanus

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 5–230 m

The icon star wears bold geometric markings across its broad, firm body, set off by a neat row of plates around the arms. It lives on hard bottoms of lower reef slopes and the seabed nearby, from about 5 down to 230 metres, grazing on the thin growth that coats rock.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Echinodermata › Asteroidea › Valvatida › Goniasteridae › Iconaster

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 254823.