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Parvulastra vivipara
| Parvulastra vivipara | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Asterinidae |
| Genus: | Parvulastra |
| Species: | P. vivipara
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| Binomial name | |
| Parvulastra vivipara (Dartnall, 1969)[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Parvulastra vivipara, the Tasmanian live-bearing seastar,[2] is a tiny, uniformly orange-yellow seastar, up to 15 mm (0.6 in) across. The species usually has five short arms and is a rounded, pentagon shape. Morphological variation is common and three, four or six arms are occasionally present. It is endemic to coastal waters in southeast Tasmania.[2]
- ^ a b Mah, Christopher (2018). Mah CL (ed.). "Parvulastra vivipara (Dartnall, 1969)". World Asteroidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Parvulastra vivipara: Tasmanian Live-bearing Seastar". Species Profile and Threats Database. Australian Government: Department of the Environment. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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