Parvulastra vivipara
| Tasmanian Live-bearing Seastar | |
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| Genus: | Parvulastra
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| Species: | P. vivipara
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| Parvulastra vivipara | |
The Tasmanian Live-bearing Seastar is a tiny, uniformly orange-yellow seastar, up to 15 mm 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. [1]