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Spotted Seastar

Pentaceraster regulus (Müller & Troschel 1842)

Distribution

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Also distributed in bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). General distribution: Lakshadweep (India) to western Pacific Ocean (Sastry, 1991); tropical, east Indo-west-central pacific Ocean, depth range 2-115 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995).

Reference

Marsh, L.M. and J.I. Marshall. (1983). Some aspects of the zoogeography of northwestern Australian echinoderms (other than holothurians). Bulletin of Marine Sceince 33(3): 671-687.

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