Asteroid

Aquilonastra iranica

• Group: Other

A small cushion bodied sea star found on sand and hard bottoms, this asterinid is an opportunistic feeder. It takes whatever it can, from tiny bottom animals and detritus to decaying matter and live algae, scraping a meal from the surface beneath it.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Echinodermata › Asteroidea › Valvatida › Asterinidae › Aquilonastra

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 459529.