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Carpet Sea Star (Meridiastra calcar) An eight-armed sea star with greenish grey colouring. The arms showed some red along the margins. The body pattern included small white scalloping and the central disc was a beautiful green. <br /> The arms were well defined ending in thick rounded tips. <br /> This sea star was about 50 mm across.<br /> Seen in a rock pool - intertidal rocky shore (Cape Conran) facing the Bass Strait. They occur all around the Australian coast. Asteroideae,Australia,Fall,Geotagged,Meridiastra calcar Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Carpet Sea Star (Meridiastra calcar)

An eight-armed sea star with greenish grey colouring. The arms showed some red along the margins. The body pattern included small white scalloping and the central disc was a beautiful green.
The arms were well defined ending in thick rounded tips.
This sea star was about 50 mm across.
Seen in a rock pool - intertidal rocky shore (Cape Conran) facing the Bass Strait. They occur all around the Australian coast.

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    The details are so pretty! Posted 7 years ago

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The Carpet Sea Star

Meridiastra calcar is a seastar species found in Australia.

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Similar species: Valvatidan Sea Stars
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Leuba Ridgway

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Uploaded Mar 25, 2018. Captured Mar 22, 2018 16:05 in 1547 Marlo-Conran Road, Cape Conran VIC 3888, Australia.
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  • SZ-10
  • f/3.7
  • 10/2500s
  • ISO64
  • 10.99mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.