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Parvulastra exigua

Parvulastra exigua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Asterinidae
Genus: Parvulastra
Species:
P. exigua
Binomial name
Parvulastra exigua
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asterias exigua Lamarck, 1816
  • Asterias minuta de Blainville, 1834
  • Asterina exigua (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Asteriscus krauss (Gray, 1840)
  • Patiriella exigua (Lamarck, 1816)

Parvulastra exigua, or the dwarf cushion star[2] is a species of sea star in the family Asterinidae.[1] It can be found in temperate intertidal marine communities from geographically widespread sites around the southern hemisphere (including South Africa and Australia).[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference WoRMS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Jones, Georgina. A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsula. SURG, Cape Town, 2008. ISBN 978-0-620-41639-9

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